The opening weekend of the NFL season is answering two questions: Which teams got better during the off-season, and which players are standing with Colin Kaepernick? Or raising a fist in the air as the national anthem is played. Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback, chose not to stand for the national anthem during the preseason in response to social injustice and police brutality in America. On Thursday, the opening night of the NFL season, Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall chose to kneel during the national anthem. While the song played at Seattle’s Century Link Field before the Seahawks and Miami squared off, the Seahawks all linked arms.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 12, 2016 00:36 UTC