Friday edition of Pro Football Talk Live, NBCSN, also Sky Sports, UK and in Ireland.

Major topic in the National Football League in recent days, the comments from Saints

quarterback Drew Brees, the reaction to the comments, his apology, he's issued two apologies

to the comments that first emerged on Wednesday.

There was an important conversation yesterday on Lunch Talk Live between Mike Tariko and Tony Dungey regarding the situation.

It was so significant.

The issue is so important that we think the appropriate thing to do this morning here on PFT Live is to share the entire conversation with you. So here is from

Thursday's Lunch Talk Live, Mike Tarrico with Hall of Fame head coach Tony Dungey on the Drew

Breeze situation. Tony, let me just get your reaction to Drew's words and then his response to those words this morning.

Well, as we said, we have to listen.

And one of the things that I'm struck by, that's the first time I've heard the whole quote.

And all I heard for many, many hours was just the first part.

I disagree with anyone who kneels for the National Anthem.

So hearing the whole thing, I feel differently about it. And I'm a friend of Drew Brees as well.

And I would love to have a conversation with Drew, and I think I will and explain to him why I see it as proper.

And I think a little differently when people kneel.

But we've got to be careful. We don't let this whole thing get going in another direction.

And we may disagree. Drew and I may disagree about whether to kneel for the national anthem

or stand with my hand over my heart. But we agree on

what has to change. And we agree on what we have to do to make our country better. And so we

can't be afraid to say what's on our mind. We can't be afraid to listen and disagree and have a

civil conversation and move forward. Yes, I'm sure Drew feels like he could have said it a lot differently.

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