Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steelers Decide To Stay In Locker Room During The National Anthem

The nine year veteran and defensive captain is the face of the team but has never allowed that to.

Pittsburgh pittsburgh steelers decide to stay in locker room during the national anthem. The nfl s early games today saw six teams remain in the locker room during the national anthem while some players and coaches kneeled sat on the bench or raised fists during the song. Chicago in a sign of solidarity the pittsburgh steelers stayed in the locker room during the national anthem before sunday s game with the chicago bears. Meanwhile the giants players were given the option of standing or kneeling during the anthem and there was a mix of both. Some players knelt during the anthem others stood with arms locked while others like the steelers remained in the locker room during the anthem.

Players for the seattle seahawks and. Nearly all of the pittsburgh steelers players stayed in the locker room during the national anthem prior to sunday s game against the chicago bears at soldier field. If your time is short pittsburgh steeler and army veteran alejandro villanueva stood alone just outside the tunnel to the locker room during the national anthem. In addition the steelers chose to stay in the locker room while the.

Earlier in the day in chicago all but one of the. Pittsburgh cameron heyward holds as high of a standard as anyone in the steelers locker room. Only the steelers coaches. They were one of three teams to sit out the anthem after president trump said nfl owners should fire players joining the protest.

As the national anthem rang out at nissan stadium in nashville neither the tennessee titans nor the seattle seahawks were out on the field. The steelers had decided as a group to stay in the locker room. The steelers attempted to remove themselves from the media spotlight in 2017 when they chose to stay in the locker room during the anthem.