Owen Daniels Confirms Bob McNair Was Disappointed with Barack Obama's Election

Former Houston Texans tight end Owen Daniels confirmed an account by Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle Duane Brown—who spent a decade with the Texans starting in 2008—that team owner Bob McNair said in a meeting he was displeased with the election of President Barack Obama in 2008.

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk passed along comments Daniels made to ESPN 97.5 Houston one day after McNair told Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal he never discussed his opinions about President Obama during a meeting.

"We're in the middle of the season, and this guy gets elected, and it wasn't the guy that he was supporting," Daniels said. "But a lot of the guys on the team were very supportive of Barack."

He added: "That was weirder than I was actually making it out to be back then."

Brown originally discussed the meeting with Florio last October, saying he was surprised when McNair made his disappointment known within a team forum.

"He came to talk to the team," Brown said. "He was visibly upset about it. He said, 'I know a lot of y'all are happy right now, but it's not the outcome that some of us were looking for.' That was very shocking to me."

This revelation came out after Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr. of ESPN The Magazine reported McNair told fellow owners, "We can't have the inmates running the prison," as part of an October discussion about protests during the national anthem.

While McNair issued an apology for the comment, he changed his stance, telling Beaton he now regrets apologizing for the remark.

Former Texans running back Arian Foster issued an open invitation Thursday for the Texans owner to appear on his podcast for a "civil discourse" about the situation, saying he thinks "the fans, him and myself can benefit from it."