Ex-Patriots star ‘ashamed’ of team after wave of anthem protests

NY Post ^ | September 25, 2017 | 11:50am | Mark W. Sanchez

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Matt Light, who was on the Gillette Stadium field for countless victory formations, has never been so incensed to see a Patriot take a knee.

The former longtime left tackle, the decade-long blind-side protector of Tom Brady, pushed back against New England joining the national anthem protest like the players were an incoming rusher.

“If you think that it’s OK to take a knee during our national anthem and disrespect openly the national anthem, you are wrong,” Light told the Boston Herald in an impassioned interview. “I don’t care if you have a ‘but what about’ or a ‘it’s because of,’ that doesn’t matter.”

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“We’ve never been those people,” said Light, 39, who played for the Patriots from 2001 to 2011. “On the door going out it says, ‘Ignore the noise.’ It says, ‘Ignore the hype.’ It says, ‘Manage expectations.’ And it also says, ‘Speak for yourself.’ If that is not the Patriot Way anymore, then I am very disheartened and very upset. I’m also not saying that I’ll never be a Patriots fan. What I’m saying is I’m very ashamed.”

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he was the last one i had respect for..until today.He can rot in hell...man, these people believe their own hype...its just a dumb game you play dude. Should have kept his mouth shut...im sure his horse faced wife had something to do with this.

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Updated May 12, 2017

NFL players have been arrested 855 times since 2000. That includes 215 DUI charges, 99 drug charges, 96 domestic violence cases and 71 assaults. It even includes two murders.

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