When Saints quarterback Drew Brees angered many of his fellow NFL players by equating kneeling during the national anthem with disrespecting America, one of the players he reached out to was former teammate Benjamin Watson.
Watson said on the podcast hosted by New England’s Devin and Jason McCourty that he had a good talk with Brees, but wants to hear more from him about whether his views have changed going forward.
“My initial thoughts on the comments were: I know Drew. We’ve had this conversation before. Even though I wasn’t on the team with him in 2016 .