Giants offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan a stand-up guy for anthem

New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan speaks to the media during minicamp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, NJ, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. by Brad Penner. Photo Credit: Brad PennerBefore it became a hot-button topic in the NFL and across the country, Mike Sullivan told the Giants players what the national anthem meant to him.

It was in a meeting in training camp, when Colin Kaepernick was a backup quarterback and not a social lightning rod. Sullivan, a former Army Ranger and graduate of West Point, along with his friend Ret. Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, who has been part of the Giants’ family for nearly a decade, told the players why he believed they…