Olivier Vernon kneels, draws ire of president

Nov 24 2017 by Big Blue View

 

Giant’ DE appeared to be only NFL player to kneel on Thanksgiving Day

As he has done every since President Donald Trump said in September that any NFL player who kneels should be fired, Olivier Vernon of the New York Giants knelt for the national anthem before the Thanksgiving Day game against the Washington Redskins.

Vernon was the only player participating in any of the three Thanksgiving Day NFL games who knelt. That, of course, drew the ire of the Twitter-happy president.

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