WATT: One of the NFL's top quarterbacks is under fire for his comments about players kneeling to protest police brutality. Drew Brees said he will never agree with anybody disrespecting the U.S. flag or the country.</s>DREW BREES, QUARTERBACK, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS: And is everything right with our country right now? No. It's not. We still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together. We can all do better, and that we are all part of the solution.</s>WATT: The reaction? Swift and emotional. Listen to Malcolm Jenkins, a teammate of Brees'.</s>MALCOLM JENKINS, NFL PLAYER: Drew, unfortunately -- Unfortunately as somebody who doesn't understand their privilege, you don't understand the potential that you have to actually be an advocate for the people that you call brothers. You don't understand the history and why people like me, people of my skin color whose grandfathers fought for this country, who served, and I still protested against it -- not against the national anthem, but against what was happening in America and what the founding country is for or stands for. If you don't understand that other people experience something totally different than you -- then when you talk about being the brotherhood and all this other</s>WATT: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers didn't mention Brees by name but said, "A few years ago we were criticized for locking arms in solidarity before the game. It has never been about an anthem or a flag. Not then, not now. Listen with an open heart. Let's educate ourselves, and then turn word and though into action." And NBA superstar Lebron James tweeted, "You literally still don't understand why Colin Kaepernick was kneeling on one knee. It has absolute nothing to do with the disrespect of the flag and our soldiers who keep our land free." Thanks for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Nick Watt. Stay tuned because John Vause is next.
NFL's Brees: Never Agree with Disrespecting the Flag.