Every member of the New England Patriots will stand for the national anthem before their game Sunday, a league source said Wednesday.

CBS Boston reported that the entire team will stand for "The Star-Spangled Banner" as a sign of respect this week after many members of the team knelt in protest the week prior.

The move comes just days after Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a friend of President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's, ripped the commander in chief for calling on NFL team owners to ban players from kneeling or displaying other forms of protest during the national anthem.

“I am deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments made by the President on Friday,” Kraft wrote on Sunday. “I am proud to be associated with so many players who make such tremendous contributions in positively impacting our communities.”

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More than 200 players protested before Sunday's games this week, a response to Trump's comments at a campaign rally on Friday where he called for players who protest during the anthem, which began last year to call attention to police brutality toward minorities, to be "fired."

"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,'" Trump said Friday. "'He is fired.'"

Trump doubled down on those remarks Monday, tweeting that “the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem.”

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell fired back at Trump over the weekend, calling his words "divisive."

“Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players, and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities," Goodell said in a statement.

Other members of the league excoriated Trump over his comments. Former head coach Rex Ryan, who backed Trump during the presidential race, said the president's remarks made him "pissed off."

“I’m pissed off, I’ll be honest with you,” Ryan said on ESPN, where he is now a co-host of "Sunday NFL Countdown." “I supported Donald Trump. When he asked me to introduce him at a rally in Buffalo, I did that. But I’m reading these comments and it’s appalling to me, and I’m sure it’s appalling to any citizen in our country.”