matter tells me many of the players who kneeled last week in protest of trump s comments about the league will stand this week or at least planning to stand at today s games. but they ll be standing out of respect for our country and military, not out of respect for trump. that s a quote from an nfl source. now, by covering these protests on television or in some cases by not showing the northeasterlies on television, is the media losing the thread on how this protest began in the first place? when colin kaepernick took a knee this time last year to protest social injustice and racism. let s talk about it with leslie lowery, a national reporter for the national post, and jason gay, a sports columnist for the wall street journal wooj. leslie, have journalists and players lost the plot? i m not sure the players have, but i think there s been space here where the owners as well as the league by and large with the assistance of the president have been able to pivot this to a conversa