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ELEVEN Cleveland Browns kneel during the National Anthem
ESPN ^ | 8/21/2017 | Peter McManamon

Posted on 08/21/2017 8:13:50 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan

CLEVELAND -- Eleven Cleveland Browns players knelt in a circle during the national anthem prior to Monday's preseason game against the New York Giants.

While the group knelt behind the Cleveland bench in front of the Gatorade buckets, several other players stood nearby and put their hands on a kneeling teammate's shoulder in support.

Those who took a knee were tight end Seth DeValve, running backs Duke Johnson Jr. and Terrence Magee, safeties Jabrill Peppers and Calvin Pryor, cornerback Jamar Taylor, receivers Kenny Britt and Ricardo Louis, linebackers Chris Kirksey and Jamie Collins, and running back Isaiah Crowell (who was not in uniform).

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Keep it up you witless baboons. You’re only slitting your own throats.


101 posted on 08/21/2017 8:59:31 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: MinuteGal

So true.
These morons do not understand that when team revenues go down,
and they will, player contracts will go down too. Now who does that
really hurt, when 72% of the players are black.


102 posted on 08/21/2017 9:00:52 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

http://www.nfl.com/contact-us

IT TOOK A MINUTE TO TELL THEM TO GO #### THEMSELVES.

REMIND THEM OF WHY THE ANTHEM WAS WRITTEN AND WHAT WAS GOING DURING THE WRITING OF IT

I’M THE LAST HOLD OUT HERE. NOW I’M DONE.

#### FOOTBALL


103 posted on 08/21/2017 9:01:21 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: TBP

Yes. Mission accomplished.


104 posted on 08/21/2017 9:02:14 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Daffynition

I remember when Brian Williams knelt in front of the Red Sea and it parted.

He was pretty tired after building all those pyramids single-handedly, anyways.


105 posted on 08/21/2017 9:03:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ....)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Not watching this season.

No playoffs, no Superbowl.

A-holes


106 posted on 08/21/2017 9:04:38 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: budj

“What’s the NFL?”

NFL: Negros, Felons, and Liberals.

No one else invited or wanted.


107 posted on 08/21/2017 9:04:43 PM PDT by CodeToad (Victorious warriors WIN first, then go to war! Go TRUMP!!!)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan
When you're the perennial doormats of the league, alienating the few die hard fans you have left is not a good idea. Season ticket holders of the Browns have already not been renewing in droves, and this will probably kill off what remnants of support they have left in CLE.

With the Indians and Cavs being competitive, the Browns story is just about finished. Fans have been loyal above and beyond the call, but this kind of bullsh*t stupidity is not a part of the deal.

108 posted on 08/21/2017 9:04:49 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Never heard of any of them. Don’t even know if I have any Topps cards of theirs and couldn’t get two craps.

By the way, shouldn’t they be protesting the name of their team, the Cleveland Browns” as “racist” and demanding that it be changed to the “Cleveland Criminals”? More appropriate for that city.

What a bunch of weenies. Guess whose games I won’t be watching and I’ll be telling the stations that carry them, and the sponsors, about it.


109 posted on 08/21/2017 9:05:12 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Death.... to the nfl!


110 posted on 08/21/2017 9:06:16 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Pretty simple. This is on the owners.


111 posted on 08/21/2017 9:08:26 PM PDT by Xeroes80 ("An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."- EH)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

All these millionaire black players saying they’re oppressed. Give me a break. Don’t we all wish we were “oppressed” NFL spoiled brat millionaires like them. Looks like my Sundays in the fall will be occupied with things other than watching the NFL.


112 posted on 08/21/2017 9:09:01 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Holdem Or Foldem

LOL. Pivot Man. That’s funny. I’m afraid to ask what the pivot man
does in a circle jerk.


113 posted on 08/21/2017 9:09:39 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

None of the Giants players kneeled.

This is a yet another problem with the Browns organization,


114 posted on 08/21/2017 9:09:52 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: ichabod1

Does anyone have a theory on why white guys seem to dominate the offensive line positions?


115 posted on 08/21/2017 9:10:16 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: dsm69
"May I suggest banning all NFL fan discussion or any other pro-NFL threads on FR?"

I'll go ya one better. I don't like the word "banning" as it applies to this forum. If a NFL thread appears when the games begin, just type a message with an "X" only on it and post it. All that white space around the hundreds of "X" posts would send a clear message...and drive the NFL anti-American thug-supporters crazy.

Leni

116 posted on 08/21/2017 9:10:23 PM PDT by MinuteGal (u)
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To: Snickering Hound

John Mara has been getting letters in the mail from season ticket holders saying that they will never go to another Giants game if one of his players kneels.

The last thing he wants is one of his players kneeling.


117 posted on 08/21/2017 9:11:09 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

I wish the fans would just leave the stadium when that happens, and fans at home would turn the channel. They should also ask for their money back.


118 posted on 08/21/2017 9:12:17 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

The NFL is dead to me.


119 posted on 08/21/2017 9:12:42 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Snickering Hound

As much as I dislike Jerry Jones, he has told his players if they
kneel, they will be cut.
So if all comes down from owners and management.


120 posted on 08/21/2017 9:14:08 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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