Even when the NFL isn’t bringing attention to the anthem issue Justin Abdelkader Jersey , the President will continue to talk about it.

That’s what he did on Friday morning. Asked by FOX News Channel whether any players have accepted the President’s offer to consider whether any people who have been treated unfairly by the justice system should be pardoned or have their sentences commuted, the President gave an answer — and more.

“No, I haven鈥檛 heard,” he said, via Kyle Griffin of MSNBC. “You know, they鈥檙e all saying, 鈥極h Jake DeBrusk Jersey , it has nothing to do with the flag, it鈥檚 the way we鈥檝e been treated.’ In the meantime, they鈥檙e making $15 million a year.”

It’s a brilliant sleight of hand, because part of what he said is accurate. The players definitely are saying, “It has nothing to do with the flag.” But the players definitely aren’t saying, “It’s the way we’ve been treated.”

The players inclined to protest during the anthem are promoting a cause far bigger than themselves. They are concerned about the manner in which American citizens making far, far less than $15 million per year (then again Anthony Duclair Jersey , most NFL players are making far, far less than $15 million per year) are treated by police officers and by the justice system.

The President downplays the concerns by pretending that the concerns relate only to multi-multi-millionaires. That’s just not the case, and no fair-minded person can reasonably see it that way.

“Look, I鈥檓 all for the athletes,” the President added. “I think it鈥檚 great. I love athletics, I love sports. But they shouldn鈥檛 get the politics involved.”

The players didn’t get politics involved. The NFL got the flag involved by forcing the players to leave the locker room for the anthem, and the NFL then got politics involved by giving players the right to protest during the anthem.

Then Vladimir Sobotka Jersey , politics got involved in football when the President said he’d like to see an NFL owner respond to a protesting player by saying, “Get that son of a bitch off the field. He’s fired!”

The President closed with a reiteration of a broad statement that applies not only to the players but to everyone else in the venue.

“When you鈥檙e in a stadium and they broadcast that national anthem, you鈥檝e got to stand,” the President said. “And you鈥檝e got to be proud and you鈥檝e got to have your hand up and you鈥檝e got to do everything that鈥檚 right.”

We’ll see if the people who are quick to denigrate those who choose to protest are willing and able to adhere to the same standard, and we’ll see whether the President suggests that those folks maybe should live in a different country, instead of the country that ostensibly gives all citizens the freedom not to stand during the anthem.

The Atlanta Falcons have bolstered their offensive depth by selecting running back Ito Smith and wide receiver Russell Gage in the NFL draft.

The Falcons traded two seventh-round picks to the Rams for the sixth-round selection used for Gage. Atlanta closed its draft by selecting Yale linebacker Foye Oluokun later in the sixth round.

Smith, a fourth-round pick from Southern Mississippi Womens Brayden Point Jersey , is expected to back up Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman. The Falcons did not re-sign Terron Ward, who was the team's No. 3 running back in 2017.

Gage, from Louisiana State, was Atlanta's second receiver of the draft. The Falcons chose Alabama's Calvin Ridley in the first round on Thursday night.

The focus shifted back to defense on the draft's second day, when Atlanta picked Colorado cornerback Isaiah Oliver and South Florida defensive tackle Deadrin Senat.

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