Nate Boyer, the former Green Beret who worked with Colin Kaepernick and advised him to kneel during the national anthem to protest social injustices during the 2016 season, spoke out on Thursday after Drew Brees’ controversial comments on the issue this week.
Brees, in an interview with Yahoo Finance on Wednesday, was asked about how the league should react if players start protesting that way again this season. The New Orleans Saints quarterback responded by saying that he would “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag,” which sparked widespread backlash in the sports world.