<p>The Dallas Cowboys made headlines before their Week 3 &#8220;Monday Night Football&#8221; game against the Arizona Cardinals when they <a type="internal">briefly knelt on the field</a> &#8212; alongside owner Jerry Jones &#8212; and then stood with arms linked during the national anthem.</p> 
<p>While some saw the move as a good compromise between protesting during the anthem and respecting the flag, others were surprised and disappointed the Cowboys took a knee at all.</p> 
<q> <p>Why is there politics in the middle of football? Protest on your own time! Political agenda being shoved down my throat everywhere No escape</p> <p>&#8212; TexasGirl (@HannahIvers) <a href="https://twitter.com/HannahIvers/status/912600678031339522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 
<p>Well, Dez Bryant has good news for those who weren&#8217;t happy with the demonstration:</p> 
<p>It won&#8217;t be repeated.</p> 
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<p>The Cowboys&#8217; star receiver told the <a href="https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboys/2017/09/29/wr-dez-bryant-cowboys-will-handle-national-anthem-week-going-stand" type="external">Dallas Morning News</a> that the team will go back to doing what it did before Monday night&#8217;s game: &#8220;We&#8217;re going to stand and put our hand over our heart.&#8221;</p> 
<p>Bryant said the Week 3 protest &#8220;was just a response to [President Donald] Trump. That&#8217;s all that was.&#8221;</p> 
<p>Trump had suggested last week that <a type="internal">he&#8217;d like to see NFL owners fire players</a> who protest during the national anthem.</p> 
<p>Jones said Friday morning on <a href="http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/09/29/cowboys-owner-jones-says-respecting-the-flag-is-most-important-aspect-of-nfl-protests/" type="external">KRLD-FM</a>that Bryant appeared to be &#8220;torn&#8221; before the protest took place in Arizona.</p> 
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so appreciative of how the team responded,&#8221; said Jones. &#8220;It was a trying time. Players were truly under pressure, external pressure from their relationships. They were really under pressure to basically in many cases kneel at the flag.&#8221;</p> 
<p>As for this week, Bryant said, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to leave all of that in the past. It is what it is. I&#8217;m focused on this week. I don&#8217;t even want to think about it. I&#8217;m done.&#8221;</p> 
<p>Trump also tweeted that he had spoken with Jones and confirmed that the players will stand for Week 4.</p> 
<q> <p>Spoke to Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys yesterday. Jerry is a winner who knows how to get things done. Players will stand for Country!</p> <p>&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/912997506900021248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 
<p>It appears the Cowboys will be back to business as usual come Sunday.</p> 
<p>Dallas will look to build upon its Week 3 victory over the Cardinals as it hosts the surprising Los Angeles Rams at AT&amp;amp;T Stadium.</p> 
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Dez Bryant announces Cowboys’ plans for national anthem