pittsburgh steelers players absent sideline remain locker room star spangle banner.alejandro villanueva serve three tour afghanistan steelers player stand outside tunnel anthem.the protest team come wake trump critical remark toward players stand anthem.last week across entire nfl four players kneel sit two stand fists raise daily mailearlier today president trump send tweet response action nfl players courageous patriots fight die great american flag must honor respect make america great donald j. trump realdonaldtrump september 24 2017the patriots players make statement many fan response.before sunday texans-patriots matchup foxborough mass 20 patriots players accord espn take knee national anthem first time anyone team join grow protest.in return loud chorus boo hear sandwich sing star-spangled banner accord boston herald shout stand knelt.tom brady face team league take knee stand arm lock players hand chest.the patriots intertwine trump brady coach bill belichick owner robert kraft pal president trump attack protest though say owners cut tie son bitch kneel anthem kraft say deeply disappoint trump.it sunday players owners executives fan force take side similar report boo indianapolis nyppresident trump retweeted awesome message donna warren early today remind nfl choose boycott flag boycott nfl well boycott anthem boycott nfl maga pic.twitter.com/ryyzznxjxe donna warren donnawr8 september 24 2017 watch patriots fan boo players disrespect national anthem…shout stand players take knee