More than 200 NFL players defiantly took a knee during the national anthem at their games Sunday while hundreds of other grid stars locked arms with their coaches — and even some team owners — in protest of President Trump, who had ripped the league over the weekend.

Three New York Giants — Landon Collins, Damon Harrison and Olivier Vernon — were among those who knelt on the field, a first for Big Blue players in the ongoing controversy over the symbolic opposition to racism.

“I’ve been raised the right way. I know what’s right and what’s wrong. Ain’t nobody ever going to scare me. I don’t care if he’s the president or not. You ain’t my president,” Vernon said of Trump after the Giants’ matchup against the Eagles in Philadelphia.

Trump created an uproar during a speech in Alabama on Friday when he urged NFL team owners to fire any player who kneels during the anthem.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’”

He continued his attacks on the league throughout Sunday, suggesting in one tweet that fans boycott NFL games “until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country.’’

An emotional Collins defended his and other players’ decision to kneel.

“There’s nothing that we’re saying we disrespect our country,” he said. “It hurt me to take a knee. I was about to break down in tears. I love this country.

“But at the same time, we respect each other, and we have a family over here, and we’re gonna fight for each other.”

TV networks took the unusual step of broadcasting the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the games in anticipation of the demonstrations, which erupted at all but one of the 13 daytime matchups.

In Sunday’s slew of other on-field politics:

Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. raised his fist in a “black power” salute after scoring his second touchdown.

The entire New York Jets team linked arms along with acting owner Christopher Johnson, who later issued a statement expressing pride in the players’ “positive, constructive, and unifying impact.”

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady — who supported Trump ahead of last year’s presidential election — stood with his right hand over his heart and his left arm entwined with teammate Phillip Dorsett.

Cleveland Browns players launched the largest take-a-knee protest, with 21 of their 53 players joining in, after team owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam issued a statement blasting Trump’s statements as “divisive,” “misguided” and “uninformed.”

There were reports of some booing inside stadiums where players took a knee, with some fans chanting, “Stand up!” ahead of the Patriots’ game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass.

The protests also spread to Game 1 of the WNBA finals, with the Los Angeles Sparks leaving the court to skip the anthem, while the home team Minnesota Lynx locked arms along the free-throw line in front of their bench.

Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell also took a knee for his second game in a row and said he would continue doing so.

Meanwhile, three football teams — the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans — stayed in their locker rooms. The Steelers’ coach said it was to avoid politics, while the other two teams said it was to make a protest statement.

Virtually every player who was on the field for the anthem either took a knee or locked arms. Some raised their right fists in a move reminiscent of the “black power” salutes by American track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games.

The NFL demonstrations began last year with then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during a preseason game.

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick told NFL Media in August 2016.

Trump’s anti-kneeling remarks dominated football’s pregame shows Sunday.

Former Buffalo Bills and New York Jets coach Rex Ryan said, “I’m pissed off, I’ll be honest with you, because I supported Donald Trump.

“When he asked me to introduce him at a rally in Buffalo, I did that,” said Ryan, an ESPN analyst, during the network’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” show.

“But I’m reading these comments, and it’s appalling to me, and I’m sure it’s appalling to almost any citizen in our country. It should be.”

Former Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw took a different tone on “Fox NFL Sunday,” disagreeing with the protests but adding:

“If our country stands for anything, folks — what — it’s freedom. People die for that freedom. I’m not sure if our president understands those rights, that every American has the right to speak out and also to protest,” Bradshaw said on the popular pregame show.

Former Los Angeles Raiders star Howie Long also said white NFL players had a special obligation to their African-American teammates.

“What keeps getting lost is the message of inequality. To put it in perspective, as a white father having raised three boys, there were a million things to worry about on a daily basis, but it’s impossible for me to truly understand the challenges an African-American father faces at every turn while raising his children,” the Fox analyst said.

“But in a league comprised of nearly 70 percent African-American players, if you’re a white player in an NFL locker room, you are in a unique position to better understand the struggles and subsequently support your teammates in your own way.”

Early Sunday evening, Trump denied that he was inflaming racial tensions before boarding Air Force One for a return trip to the White House from his golf club in Bedminster, NJ.

“This has nothing to do with race. I never said anything about race,” he told reporters at Morristown Municipal Airport.

“This has nothing to do with race or anything else. This has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag.”

When asked if he thought the players who knelt Sunday should be fired, Trump said: “I certainly think the owners should do something about it.”

Trump — who had come under attack Saturday by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for his “divisive” comments — tweeted earlier in the day, “Courageous Patriots have fought and died for our great American Flag — we MUST honor and respect it! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Additional reporting by David K. Li and Mark Moore