By Brian Allee Walsh | Sun Herald
After a night of reflection, after being subjected to widespread shame and ridicule for making insensitive comments amid the ongoing civil unrest in our country and the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has apologized.
Let’s be clear here: Brees remains steadfast in his defense of the American flag and will never agree with anyone who disrespects “Old Glory,’‘ for example, those NFL players who have knelt in protest during the playing of the National Anthem.
No, he’ll likely never change his opinion when it comes to that.
But, according to his Instagram post Thursday, ol’ No. 9 does regret comments he made to Yahoo Finance on Wednesday that may have offended “friends, teammates, New Orleans, the black community, the NFL community and anyone else I may have hurt.”
I guess “anyone else” could include Saints/Pelicans owner Gayle Marie Benson, Saints coach Sean Payton, Who Dat Nation and NBC Sports — Brees’ likely next stop at the conclusion of a Hall of Fame career. ...
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