More than 150 NFL players took the knee during the national anthem on Sunday in defiance of Trump after he called for ‘disrespectful’ players who refused to stand to be fired.
But it appears that the New York Giants’s Odell Beckham Jr. didn’t get the memo.
Instead, he chose to use the national day of protest to imitate a dog peeing.
After he scored the first points of the day against the Eagles, making a good fourth-quarter catch in the end zone, he got down on all fours, lifted his leg, and pretended to pee.
Odell Beckham Jr used NFL’s day of protest to imitate a dog peeing after scoring a touchdown
Odell Beckham Jr. had just scored the first points of the day for the New York Giants against the Eagles when he chose the bizarre celebratory stunt
The wide receiver scored again a couple of minutes later, but this time, he chose to celebrate the touchdown with a power fist salute.
‘I was in the end zone. I scored a touchdown,’ Beckham told the New York Daily News. ‘I’m a dog, so I acted like a dog.’
The stunt landed him a 15-yard penalty.
‘I didn’t know if the rule book said you can’t hike your leg,’ he said. (The official) said I peed on somebody. So I was trying to find the imaginary ghost that I peed on, but I didn’t see him.
‘But either way it goes, you play football. I wear red and white. I don’t wear black and white with stripes on it. I don’t make calls. I just play football.’
The wide receiver scored again a couple of minutes later, but this time, he chose to celebrate the touchdown with a power fist salute.
When asked why he had decided to get down on all fours, Beckham replied:’I’m a dog, so I acted like a dog’
After he scored the first points of the day against the Eagles, making a good fourth-quarter catch in the end zone, he got down on all fours, lifted his leg, and pretended to pee
The childish stunt (pictured during the Sunday game) landed him a 15-yard penalty
Beckham’s humorous stunt seemed a little off-message on a day when hundreds of players were taking a stand of defiance against the president after his recent comments.
At least, 150 NFL stars kneeled, while others gave the black power salute, sat linking arms, or even refused to show up during the national anthem on Sunday.
Players from both the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars were the first to protest by taking a knee ahead of their game at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday morning. No players were kneeling during the playing of God Save The Queen – the British national anthem.
The defiance against Trump continued as games kicked off across the US with an unprecedented number of players kneeling and most teams in the early afternoon games locking arms in solidarity.
Some members of the Oakland Raiders sit on the bench during the national anthem on Sunday night .The whole team and the coaches were in solidarity, either sitting or linking arms during the singing
Baltimore Ravens players took a knee during the national anthem at Wembley in London on Sunday just hours after Donald Trump continued his growing feud with athletes
Terrance Smith #48, Eric Fisher #72, Demetrius Harris #84, and Cameron Erving #75 of the Kansas City Chiefs is seen taking a knee before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday afternoon
Jaguars owner Shad Khan (above) joined his players on the field on Sunday and was spotted linking arms with them in a show of unity. He donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration
At least 20 Patriots players were spotted kneeling as Tom Brady linked arms with his teammates.
Pittsburgh Steelers players were absent from the sideline and remained in the locker room during the Star Spangled Banner. Alejandro Villanueva, who served three tours in Afghanistan, was the only Steelers’ player to stand outside the tunnel for the anthem.
The protest came after Trump’s comments in a Friday night speech at a rally in Alabama and a series of Saturday tweets drew sharp responses from some of the nation’s top athletes.
He said NFL players who kneel for the national anthem should be fired.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (right, with Trumo in April) says he is ‘deeply disappointed by the tone’ of President Donald Trump’s comments. He is pictured above with Trump at the White House in April
‘Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, you’d say: ‘Get that son of a b****h off the field right now. Out! He’s fired,’ Trump said to loud applause.
In a tweet early Sunday morning, Trump wrote: ‘If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!’
Last week across the entire NFL, only four players knelt or sat, and two stood with their fists raised.
Since then several former Donald Trump allies have criticized his comments.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he was ‘disappointed’ and Rex Ryan, former coach of New York Jets and Buffalo Bills, said he was ‘p****d off’ over Trump’s comments.