The cheerleader may be the first NFL squad member to take a knee, a move that football players have used to protest racial inequality and police brutality.
By weighing in on the NFL protests, President Trump transformed football fields across America into the front lines of a culture war. Three Texans explain how the debate will inform their votes.
Seau's family opted out of a $675 million concussion settlement covering more than 20,000 retired NFL players, and reached a separate agreement for an undisclosed sum.
Reid, 26, is a Pro Bowl safety who was a starter for the San Francisco 49ers. He accused the NFL of collusion in the spring, after no teams signed him.
On Thursday, Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer will become the first all-women broadcast team to call an NFL game. To critics of the pair, she says it's "myopic" to think that football is only for men.
There was a decidedly mixed reaction when Amazon Prime Video said it planned to offer the pair as a streaming alternative to the Fox TV broadcast crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
"We WON!!!" the Cleveland Police Department tweeted of the comeback victory, before adding, "Wait....Oh God. The free beer thing...Ok Cleveland. Stay calm."
NPR's Morning Edition is looking to speak with people who have been affected by the conversation around kneeling during the playing of the national anthem in the NFL.
"I've lost a lot to get here. I've had to sacrifice a lot. I've been through a lot," says Nigerian-born Efe Obada, who made the cut with the Carolina Panthers. "All the suffering paid off."