whether or not he had the right as an individual and employee of nfl to do this. we put that question to both the head coach jay gruden and some of the players after practice today. >> we take you know very much pride in our relationship with the military we went to andrew air force base the other day everybody was there and stayed after and signed ton of respect for what goes on for our country with those people and for three minutes for us to take our helmet off and stand up and give respect is how we treat it here with the redskins. >> i don't know colin. i can not speak for his belief beliefs. i stand out of respect for the men and women that have given the ultimate sacrifice, their lives for freedom that we enjoy. >> i mean, people love negative you know media won't always have negative things he explained himself why he did it and that should be enough. >> reporter: you know, one of the redskins newest player is no new player at allch a veteran from the 49ers formerly