Jim Nantz was caught on a hot mic talking about anthem protesters before a Sept. 29th game between the Dolphins and Bengals.

“They’re gonna keep kneeling as long as they have cameras right in their face,” said Nantz.

Several days later, Boomer Esiason wondered during his WFAN radio show (via SportsBusiness Daily) whether the league is telling its broadcast partners, “Enough already, we’re not showing this anymore.”

On Thursday night, CBS didn’t show any of the anthem protests before the game. 

Later in the telecast, CBS played a recording of Brandon Marshall kneeling during the anthem and a group of players from the Chargers raising a fist with commentary from Nantz about the situation.

Nantz and CBS took a right turn from the game to point out that several players showed respect and deference to another traditional expression of love of country.

“By the way, a lot of discussion and scrutiny about the national anthem,” Nantz said. “Just to be fair here, during the quarter change they played God Bless America. Philip Rivers, in the middle of a drive, he paused and was singing. You see in the background, Melvin Ingram along with Jatavis Brown with their hands over their heart.”