While the Chicago Bears haven’t discussed as a whole how they plan to approach protesting racial inequality — by kneeling or not kneeling during the national anthem this season — there is one player that already has his mind set.
New Bears safety Jordan Lucas told reporters Tuesday that he “110 percent” plans to kneel before games this season.
“In 2016, my rookie year, I was scared to kneel,” Lucas said, via the Sun-Times. “I didn’t want to lose my position on the team… I didn’t want to lose anything. But I think a lot of people are seeing right now its much bigger than the flag. we’re not disrespecting the flag, nor the military. I think people are really starting to understand that now.”
Following the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, Lucas has been doing his part to help, which includes donating money to bail protesters out of jail.
“We just want peace,” Lucas said. “We just want justice. We want to be treated the same way as everybody. That’s just the cold, hard facts.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Nagy told reporters that he hasn’t talked to Bears’ upper management about players potentially kneeling during the national anthem, but that it was a conversation that was going to happen.
With Lucas’ statement on Tuesday, that conversation is surely going to happen sooner rather than later.
