But unlike Lynch, Bennett gave a full explanation as to why he didn't stand for the national anthem.

“First of all I want to make sure people understand I love the

But unlike Lynch, Bennett gave a full explanation as to why he didn't stand for the national anthem.

“First of all I want to make sure people understand I love the military — my father was in the military,” Bennett said, as reported by the Seattle Times. “I love hot dogs like any other American. I love football like any other American. But I don’t love segregation, I don’t love riots, I don’t love oppression. I don’t love gender slander. I just want to see people have the equality that they deserve, and I want to be able to use this platform to continuously push the message and keep finding out how unselfish we can be in society, how we can continuously love one another and understand that people are different.

He added: "And just because people are different doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t like them. Just because they don’t eat what you eat, just because they don’t pray to the same God you pray to doesn’t mean you should hate them. Whether it is Muslim, whether it is Buddhist, whether it is Christianity, I just want people to understand that no matter what, we need to stay together. It’s more about being a human being at this point.”

Given the Charlottesville incident and Kaepernick still being jobless, do you think we'll see more NFL players silently protest during the national anthem this season?

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