Former NFL Coach Defends Drew Brees

Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy came to Drew Brees’ defense after the New Orleans Saints quarterback said he would never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the US or the country.

Highlight: @readdanwrite asks @drewbrees what the star NFL quarterback thinks about “players kneeling again when the NFL season starts.”@drewbrees: “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.”

Full exchange: pic.twitter.com/MpCkFyOMed

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Brees was immediately slammed for the comments by several players around the NFL leading for him to issue an apology yesterday (Thursday).

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But Dungy said: “he can’t be afraid to say that and we can’t be afraid to say ‘Ok, Drew, I don’t agree with you but let’s talk about this. Let’s sit down and talk about it’ We can’t just say anytime something happens I don’t agree with, ‘I’m done with that. I’m done with this person.’ That doesn’t make sense. We have to be better than that.”

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