2 NFL agents say Texans are not looking for players who have knelt for the anthem
The Houston Texans is also shying off from free agents United Nations agency protested throughout the anthem, the Houston Chronicle's Father king rumored Sat.
"There isn't any directive among the organization, however it's thought-about to be understood that as desperate because the Texans square measure to usher in talent, the pool of potential signees and draftees won't embody anyone United Nations agency has participated in protests or square measure probably to," king wrote when talking to 2 NFL agents concerning the problem.
Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick filed a grievance in Gregorian calendar month alleging the NFL and team house owners have colluded to stay him out of the league as a results of his role within the protest movement.
USA Today's electro-acoustic transducer Jones rumored in Gregorian calendar month that Lone-Star State owner Bob McNair was among 3 team house owners United Nations agency were on the deposition list as a part of the grievance.
McNair came vulnerable last Gregorian calendar month once he aforesaid the league and house owners "can't have the inmates running the jail," referencing the continuing anthem protests, per ESPN's Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta boy.
McNair later apologized and aforesaid in an exceedingly statement he "never meant to offend anyone" and "was not pertaining to our players."
Former Texans offensive tackle Duane Brown, United Nations agency Houston listed to the urban center Seahawks within the middle of the 2017 season, told professional soccer Talk's electro-acoustic transducer John Florio he felt abandoned by the team when he knelt throughout the anthem.
"I protested [during the national anthem] last year, and there was no backing of my character as a person as a frontrunner or a player," Brown aforesaid. "There was nothing aforesaid by [McNair] or the organization to back Maine in any respect. {they just|they only|they Mainerely|they simply|they solely} quite sent me to the wolves."