Tony Dungy Defends Drew Brees, Says Shutting Down People You Disagree With ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’

Legendary NFL coach Tony Dungy came to Drew Brees’ defense with some Thursday comments.

Brees apologized Thursday after saying he didn’t agree with protesting and kneeling during the national anthem.

The moment Brees said the comments during an interview, I think most of us knew it was only a matter of time before he had to apologize.

Highlight: @readdanwrite asks @drewbrees what the star NFL quarterback thinks about “players kneeling again when the NFL season starts.”@drewbrees: “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.”

Dungy wasn’t impressed by the mob shutting down Brees and thinks it’s okay for people to express their opinions. Dungy said the following during an interview with Pat McAfee:

He [Drew Brees] can’t be afraid to say that and we can’t be afraid to say ‘Ok, Drew, I don’t agree with you but let’s talk about this. Let’s sit down and talk about it’ We can’t just say anytime something happens I don’t agree with, ‘I’m done with that. I’m done with this person.’ That doesn’t make sense. We have to be better than that.

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