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Seahawks Neiko Thorpe, Mike Tyson post video of woman berating them over anthem protests

That the protests by some NFL players in 2017 during the national anthem — including by a handful of Seahawks — remains a sensitive topic is evident in videos posted to Twitter Sunday and Monday by Seattle cornerbacks Neiko Thorpe and Michael Tyson.

The two players — neither of whom kneeled or sat for the anthem at any time in 2017 — each posted short snippets of video of a woman who was parked outside the team’s training facility in Renton berating them for protesting.

The videos include vulgar language.

The woman can be heard telling the players that “that you cannot stand up and be a man.