0 (in American football, of a quarterback) to go down on one knee after receiving the ball, stopping the game temporarily: --
He said, "Players have every right not to take the knee".
On Sunday he took a knee during the national anthem to protest social injustice.
Several players on Thursday took a knee, raised a fist or did not take to the field while the anthem was played.
It's a sign of respect and concern to take a knee when a player is hurt.
Quarterback Vinny Testaverde took a knee on the final play of the game, symbolically closing out his 21-year career in the place it began.
Nowadays, teams in this situation let the play clock run down to the last possible second and have the quarterback take a knee.
Wesley would then take a knee to win 35 to 28.
The quarterback of the team in the lead will often "take a knee" on the first snap following the two-minute warning.
The quarterback will then take a knee on three consecutive plays, wasting 40 seconds each time, to allow the clock to run out.
The player kneeling is said to take a knee, and thus is taking a knee or taking the knee.
