Those thinking the departures of Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett this offseason was to make the Seahawks' locker room quieter and perhaps even more compliant with authority may want to stop reading right here.
The controversy surrounding the NFL's national-anthem policy rages on, from Washington, D.C., to, yes, the shores of Lake Washington.
On the same day President Trump revoked his invitation of the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House to commemorate their Super Bowl victory, a prominent Seahawks veteran who has protested during the anthem the last two seasons said the issue remains subject of locker-room talk among players in Seattle.