issue, right including protesting during the national anthem. i want to focus if i can for a moment on his homophobic comments. you mentioned michael sam. talking about his drafting in 2014, the first openly gay player to be drafted in the nfl, the thing is that since then as head coach gruden is coaching the first openly gay nfl player, carl nassib. he was coaching him. and yet was making these comments. i just wonder in the league is this coming as a surprise to the players who played for him? i haven t heard from any players who played for him. i heard from someone who knows gruden well yesterday and the conversation was off the record and out of fairness to jon, i don t think it is fair for me to reveal what was said. i don t believe these comments were too out of character for jon gruden. i don t think people around the league who know him well are too surprised to see that this is