The New Orleans Saints received significant criticism from Republican politicians in Louisiana this week after 10 players sat during the national anthem last Sunday.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said there were "more effective ways" to protest the problems of racial injustice, which Saints players have said is the center of their protest. The Republican Party in St. Tammany Parish called on Saints owner Tom Benson to require the players to stand during the anthem, too.
The Saints plan to kneel before the anthem and stand during it on Sunday, a method the Dallas Cowboys employed last Monday and one Edwards publicly supported.