Martellus Bennett’s response to Drew Brees’s comments went far beyond what the Saints QB said about the flag.

The NFL would be so much better off if the Bennett brothers were co-commissioners

Drew Brees got a significant portion of the NFL to turn against him yesterday when he ignorantly framed protests during the national anthem as “disrespecting the flag of the United States of America,” citing his grandfathers’ military service as the reason why he chooses to stand with his hand over his heart during the anthem.

I don’t know how thick your skull has to be to not realize that people of all backgrounds served in the armed forces to protect the freedom to protest embodied by that flag, but I guess Brees’s understanding of history isn’t as strong as his arm. 

Brees’s comments drew responses from a large number of athletes, including his teammates Michael Thomas and Malcolm Jenkins, as well