A majority of Houston Texans players — reportedly all but 6 — took a knee during the national anthem prior to today’s game against the Seattle Seahawks in protest of team owner Bob McNair’s comment last week comparing NFL players to “inmates”:
Majority of @HoustonTexans players take a knee for the anthem pic.twitter.com/gw17qunGwr
— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) October 29, 2017
Texans kneeling during anthem today to protest “inmates” comment made by their owner Bob McNair (? by @lindsniewski) pic.twitter.com/m26Gisd2lk
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 29, 2017
All but 6 players on the Texans took a knee during pregame following owner Bob McNair's comments last week pic.twitter.com/maF1Fhe6bR
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 29, 2017
Majority of Texans take knee during anthem in Seattle https://t.co/p3LaRypf1Z via @ProFootballTalk
— Christopher (@cenelson08) October 29, 2017
As far as the game is concerned, Texas is humming along and currently up on the Seahawks at the time of this post 14-7:
Texans 162 yards in the first quarter. In 9:00.
What in the actual hell???
— Dave “Softy” Mahler (@Softykjr) October 29, 2017
McNair has been under fire after saying “we can’t have the inmates running the prison” in regard to the kneeling protests before the games:
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Possible revolt brewing in Houston after remark made by Texans' owner Bob McNair https://t.co/w6qCjg8qcR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 27, 2017
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