Brandon Marshall took radio host Boomer Esiason to task, calling the former NFL quarterback “100 percent wrong” for his negative response to the national anthem protest by 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
“This guy, he is one of the biggest patriots out there. Because he’s standing up for human rights,” the Jets’ receiver said Tuesday on WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton.”
Marshall made it clear that he’ll be standing for the anthem before the Jets’ regular-season opener against the Bengals Sunday, also the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But he also defended Kaepernick’s right to peacefully protest police brutality, specifically against African-Americans, and the systematic oppression of people of color.