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Stand-up team: No Philadelphia Eagles players knelt for national anthem in 2017
Washington Times ^
| Thursday, February 1, 2018
| Valerie Richardson
Posted on 02/04/2018 11:47:22 AM PST by Rebelbase
If youre planning to watch the Super Bowl but you cant stand the NFL take-a-knee protests, you may want to root for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Not a single Eagles player sat or knelt during the national anthem, one of just seven teams with perfect non-kneeling records, in a season that saw 684 such incidents, according to a study released Thursday by Sports Pundit.
The other Super Bowl LII team, the New England Patriots, landed in the middle of the pack with 17 incidents of anthem sitting or kneeling, wedged between the Buffalo Bills with 16 and the Cleveland Browns with 20.
Still, neither of the Super Bowl teams was in any danger of catching the leader: the Seattle Seahawks, which easily scored the most episodes of sitting or kneeling with 156, followed by the San Francisco 49ers with 110.
Both of those teams play in the NFC West. Oddly enough, the divisions other two teams the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams had zero take-a-knee protests.
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With regard to the Anthem, The Eagles are the patriots and the Patriots are the traitors.
A fitting end to the season.
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:47:22 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:48:48 AM PST
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: Rebelbase
Some of the Eagles did display black power clenched fist salutes during anthems, so they are not all clean on this.
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:49:22 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: faithhopecharity
The standers vs. the kneelers.
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:49:41 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
To: Rebelbase
Yes, Eagles RB Jay Ajayi got such despicable behavior out of his system before he was traded. But Ajayi
definitely knelt for the US National Anthem in London this season, when he was playing for the Dolphins.
Maybe the Eagles took him aside when he arrived and "advised" him not to continue such shenanigans...
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:50:50 AM PST
by
sargon
("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:51:25 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Rebelbase
I won't be watching!
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:56:21 AM PST
by
Brown Deer
(America First!)
To: Rebelbase
I wonder how many freepers will crumble and give in to this stupidity today?
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posted on
02/04/2018 11:57:50 AM PST
by
proust
("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
To: dirtboy
EXACTLY!!!! even more disrespectful!!!
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:01:11 PM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Rebelbase
The Eagles are going thru a revival of sorts. They have a Christian coach and several players have been converted this year. There was a story showing the baptism of a few players a few weeks ago. I was already for the Eagles because I’m always against the cheaters, but this time I’m FOR the Eagles and pray God continues to use them.
To: Rebelbase
And the worst is it is all based on a lie (Like “Hands up, don’t shoot) that white police are gunning down innocent blacks every day. 2015 statistics* indicate that (in killings where the race of the killer is known) 97% of blacks are killed by other blacks, 1% by police. Of that 1% how many are innocent?. Of the police who do the killing, how many are white?
*Source: Crime Statistics Bureau, San Francisco
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:03:18 PM PST
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Rebelbase
Guilt by association, I havent heard of any criticism by the IGGles of their fellow NFL bots. I’m thinking they maybe agree
No use for any of them anymore
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:04:42 PM PST
by
blastdad51
(Typical middle-aged white patriot.)
To: Rebelbase
Yeah. I refuse to watch this NFL crap. But Tom Brady is a patriot and a conservative. ( by the way Im a New York Yankees fan so I dont root for anything even near Boston in any sports league ).
I dont have a horse in this race nor do I intend to watch any NFL games ever since they came down with knee-monia. But I wish Tom Brady and Bill Belichick (apparently another conservative) the best in their endeavors.
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:05:36 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Rebelbase
They didn't kneel they did the black power salute instead
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:05:46 PM PST
by
edzo4
(Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
To: Rebelbase
I am pretty sure Malcom Jenkins (Eagles DB) has taken a knee this year during the pre season BUT on the other hand, Nick Foles and Carson Wentz are great guys.
The Eagles did protest as a team and their goofy owner participated.
Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins has been protesting during the national anthem for more than a year, and Sunday afternoon marked the 22nd time -- regular and preseason games -- Jenkins has raised his fist during "The Star-Spangled Banner."
http://www.pennlive.com/philadelphiaeagles/index.ssf/2017/09/malcolm_jenkins_national_anthe.html#incart_river_index
To: edzo4
Wonder how a white power salute would have gone over.
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:07:08 PM PST
by
proust
("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
To: Rebelbase
Malcolm Jenkins has been big on the Social Justice stuff, and maybe didn’t kneel but used the clenched fist for sure - the new guy Long said he wouldn’t go to the White House if they were invited in protest of something or other - they’re not all clean - the good thing is TV has downplayed the on-the-field antics and they haven’t distracted from the game, at least so far....
To: Rebelbase
The only way the nfl will get anything from me but disrespect is if they steal it.
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:14:41 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: Rebelbase
The game is meaningless. Trump won. NFL lost.
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:14:43 PM PST
by
Sedona13
To: dirtboy
I remember despising one cat who did something like take a knee or raise the fist, whatever
I recall mocking him to my buddy who’s a huge iggles fan
And he wasn’t the only one. So the iggles are hardly Choir Boyz
I’m rooting for a boring azz game, so the fools who actually watch it are wasting their time, and hopefully turn it off early
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posted on
02/04/2018 12:16:09 PM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Another Islamic terrorist event, and no “outrage” from the “Muslim community”. Again)
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