. >> reporter: cbs sports analyst boomer esiason is a former n.f.l..v.p. >> they would have a tough time, i think, signing somebody who protested the american flag and the national anthem. >> reporter: already this pre- season, protests have continued on n.f.l. sidelines, and for the first time, some white players are standing and kneeling alongside their teammates. 70% of n.f.l. players are african american. many see a racial injustice with kaepernick. to seattle defensive back richard sherman, the league's message is, "boy, stay in your place." the eagles' malcolm jenkins called teams "cowards." dr. harry edwards, a kaepernick adviser, agrees. >> you have people who came back after being associated with drugs, rape charges, and so forth, but a man who violated no league rule, who committed no crime, cannot play in the league. that's not kaepernick's problem. that's the league's problem. >> reporter: n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell denies the quarterback is being blackballed. oode >> reporter: kaepernick's protests clearly offended many in the n.f.

. >> reporter: cbs sports analyst, boom boomer esiason is an nfl mvp.lready this preseason, protests have continued on nfl side lines. and for the first time, some white players are standing and kneeling alongside their teammates. 70% of nfl players are african-american. many see a racial injustice with kaepernick. to seattle defensive back, richard sherman, the league's message is, boy, stay in your place. the eagles malcolm jenkins called teams dr. harry edwards, a kaepernick adviser, agrees. >> you have people who came back after being associated with drugs, rape charges, and so forth, but a man who violated no league rule, who committed no crime, cannot play in the league. that's not kaepernick's problem. that's the league's problem. >> reporter: nfl commissioner roger goodell denies the quarterback is being blackballed. >> those are football decisions that each team has to make and what they think are right ways to make their fbl teaootball te better. >> reporter: kaepernick's protest clearly offended many in the nfl. >> kaepernick! >> including bo

including cbs analyst and former nfl quarterback boomer esiason. >> whatever political views you have you don't take to the nfl field. i said it last year. i wouldn't want him on my team. i wouldn't. >> reporter: now, so far, roger goodell has not officially responded to the naacp's request to meet. now, kaepernick obviously is not suiting up so he is not taking part in the protest right now. but other players around the nfl have been doing protests sitting down or "taking a knee" during the playing of the national anthem including, um, oakland native and oakland raider marshawn lynch. live at levi's stadium, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a gruesome discovery in contra costa county. authorities found a woman's body dumped on the side of a dirt road. her body was found on camino diablo in byron. juliette goodrich has been following the story and explains the search is now on for her killer. >> reporter: a woman's body dumped in a remote area of byron on the property of a sand mine. but why? and is there a killer now at large? >> has she been identified? >> yes. we do know who she is. we're

boomer esiason believes his 14-year career likely left him with cte.e says all football players probably have it but, quote, we don't know all the answers. esaison was discussing the research showing 99% of players' brains examined after their deaths revealed signs of the disease. >>> a pair of backpackers came frighteningly close to nature in california. they found themselves in a staredown with a mountain lion and they froze and luckily for them the cougar did as well. that gave the hikers time to figure out what to do next. >> what are we supposed to do? >> i don't know. i don't know. i don't think you're supposed to run. >> both men said they actually didn't sleep well as they camped nearby that night. in fact, they were so shaken, they had made good-bye videos for their loved ones. a biologist told the hikers the mountain lion probably just finished hunting and wasn't interested in them at the time. >> they apparently did get away by slowly backing away. >> slowly backing away. but then they still camped out. i would have been at motel six r the n