After
reports surfaced on Tuesday that multiple Panthers players were frustrated with how the national anthem protest went down inside Bank of America Stadium prior to Sunday's loss to the Saints,
Captain Munnerlyn all but confirmed the news in a radio appearance in Charlotte.
Joining the Garcia and Bailey show on WFNZ, the usually-candid Munnerlyn opened up on his feelings with what's going on across the league after Donald Trump referred to NFL players who have been protesting the anthem as "sons of bit**es."
"We're in a crazy place right now, mixing politics with the NFL and sports," Munnerlyn said
on the Garcia and Bailey Show. "It's definitely a crazy time. But what the teams did this past Sunday, I thought was awesome. I definitely thought it was awesome. You had the owners down on the field with the team. They stood up, they locked arms.
"We are just showing how strong of an impact that the NFL is."
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Munnerlyn said the team wanted to be one of those teams that did more, but the players were worried about repercussions from fans and people across the state of North Carolina.
"We didn't do much as a team," Munnerlyn said. "I think a lot of people were disappointed in that. I think we wanted to do more, but we didn't know how it would come down, this being North Carolina, this being a military state and then at the same time, I think a lot of people were scared on our team."
The veteran cornerback, who's in his second stint with the Panthers, also hinted to the players being nervous about owner Jerry Richardson's feelings. Richardson's statement on Monday indicated he didn't want politics mixed with sports and the feeling is he has strong beliefs towards the anthem and America.
In an effort to get on the same page, team captains and Richardson met privately in his home on Tuesday, according to the Panthers.
"That's my owner, that's my boss, but I definitely was waiting on him to release a statement," Munnerlyn said. "We know the state of North Carolina, it's a military state. You've got to be careful of what you say. You don't want to piss off the wrong people. But at the same time, it's about sticking to your common ground, and how you feel and how you want to express yourself. I don't think as players, we wanted to piss the wrong person off, but at the same time it's about our feelings.
"But I think people were kind of scared to express that because of how it made it look to Big Cat."