Saints players and other key sports and public figures are angry at Drew Brees for his anthem comments

Igordão said

I think It is a bit of overreaction by some of the people bashing Brees and I mean those people who knows Brees is a good person.

I'm totally fine with pointing he is ignorant about the real issue and saying he misses the point and understand people that don't know him bashing him but people that are supposed to be his friends burying him and making him public enemy number one is a little too much. If he was unknown to Jenkins and the other guys I would get it, like I get the response from twitter but people close to him should know he is not a bad person to deserve what will come his way from now on.

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I think a lot of what you bring up in your second paragraph will end up carrying more weight than many might think. There are legitimately hurt feelings from teammates who clearly respected and cared about Drew Brees personally -- and almost certainly still do, deep down, despite all. Heck, that's a big reason it hurts so bad -- it's a comrade-in-arms, a literal Saint of a man in most all respects, not just some rando mouthing off. Drew Brees matters not only to us fans but also to his teammates, to his coaches, to the Saints organization, to the league, and to the community of pro athletes.

Accordingly: it's very early on, but I've already seen evidence that at least a few of his teammates aren't immediately writing Brees off as a person. Expressing deep disappointment and certainly anger, yes. But not a complete write-off. We'll see what tomorrow brings ... but early returns seem to suggest that there is room for reconciliation.