AP Photo/Mark Zaleski Both the Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks were not on the field as the national anthem played before the two teams met in Nashville. The decision came after teams across the league had demonstrations in response to President Trump's comments on players that kneel during the anthem. On Friday while speaking at a rally in Alabama, Trump asked the crowd "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now, out, he's fired!'" Since then, teams, players, and commissioner Roger Goodell have all responded with statements defending players' right to kneel, and on Sunday players and even some owners made their most public defiance of the president yet. The Seahawks had already released a statement earlier in the week that explaining their decision to stay in the locker room during the anthem: As a team, we have decided we will not participate in the national anthem.