FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — One thing that will be noticeable when the Jets visit the Raiders on Sunday is running back Marshawn Lynch’s protest.
In the season opener, the Raiders running back sat during the national anthem to protest social injustice against people of color. Lynch also sat during the national anthem for a preseason game.
Jets wide receiver Jermaine Kearse played with Lynch for four seasons in Seattle and said he respects what his former teammate is doing.
“He speaks up on it,” Kearse told Newsday after Friday’s practice. “But also, I don’t even think people noticed he did it sometimes in Seattle with [Colin Kaepernick] doing it.