Nearly two years after Colin Kaepernick first sat Patrick Kerney Jersey , then knelt, in protest during the national anthem prior to games, the NFL is still trying to devise a solution to put the matter in the rear-view mirror.
Owners discussed the topic Tuesday during league meetings in Atlanta with several possible tweaks to league policy considered during the discussions.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been one of the most outspoken owners in the league when it comes to the anthem debate. He threatened to bench players on his team who didn’t stand for the anthem last season. However, Jones acknowledges that finding an amenable solution with enough support from owners is challenging.
“It’s not that easy,” Jones said Justin Bethel Jersey , via Kevin Seifert and Dan Graziano of ESPN.com. “We’ve got a lot of things that we’re trying to balance. We have the interest in every constituency that’s involved here, and the issues that are involved, and we recognize that with our visibility and the interest itself, it’s taken a life of its own.”
Assessing a 15-yard penalty against teams who have players that sit/kneel for the anthem is one of several possible changes that were discussed. Via ESPN, other points of discussion included keeping team personnel in the locker room for the anthem Janoris Jenkins Jersey , instructing players who won’t stand to remain in the locker room instead, add anthem stipulations into player contracts or leave the current policy in place.
“One thing that is certainly from my standpoint is I’m trying to figure out the very best way for when somebody thinks ‘NFL,’ they think about who is starting at quarterback and who is going to come out hot in the third quarter,” Jones said. “We’ve got to make sure that whatever we decide here, it’s oriented toward getting their minds on what’s going on on the football field.”
The Titans are moving quickly to set up a workout after losing safety Jonathan Cyprien to a torn ACL.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network Sam Mills Jersey , the Titans will work out former Steelers safety Mike Mitchell tomorrow.
The 31-year-old Mitchell was released by the Steelers in March in a cap move, ending a four-year run there. He had also played for the Panthers and Raiders.
The Titans are also hosting former Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro, and are reportedly interested in contacting former 49ers safety Eric Reid.
The safety market has been slow for all of them, but Reid’s unemployment is obviously enhanced by his previous decision to kneel during the national anthem, which led to the Bengals stepping away from him earlier this offseason.
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