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Nate Boyer, Green Beret Who Inspired Kaepernick, Responds to Drew Brees Comments

Former green beret and NFL long snapper Nate Boyer commented Thursday on New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees' take regarding players kneeling during the national anthem.

During an interview with Yahoo Finance, Brees said he would "never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America" by kneeling during the anthem:

Boyer, who convinced then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to kneel rather than sit during the anthem while protesting racial inequality and police brutality in 2016, offered his take on Brees' comments and who Brees is as a person during an appearance on Ben & Woods on 97.