"Carolina tight end Jeremy Shockey accused the Texans of being disrespectful to the American flag before the Panthers' 28-13 victory, but linebacker DeMeco Ryans said it's Shockey who was being unpatriotic at Reliant Stadium.

Shockey scored on a 9-yard touchdown catch early in the second half. He broke away from Ryans and got away from Jason Allen.

Shockey came up screaming at them. After the game, Shockey explained why he was angry at the Texans.

"I was pretty upset when they weren't showing respect to America during the national anthem," Shockey said. "There were about 10 players who didn't put their arms across their chest. This is America. They should at least give respect to America.

"I haven't seen it anywhere else in the NFL, but I don't know how you forget to do something like that."

When informed of Shockey's comments, Ryans turned the table on him.

"If he's so patriotic, why was he looking at our bench instead of the flag?" Ryans said. "Where did he come up with the number 10? Was he counting? Why was he paying attention to us during the national anthem?""