Every NFL team that did not honor Charlie Kirk DID honor George Floyd



NFL teams that were happy to go above and beyond to memorialize George Floyd after his death declined to honor Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated.

As Blaze News previously reported, at least five NFL teams did not honor Kirk in home games over the weekend, while others held moments of silence or displayed his image on their in-stadium screens. Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10 during a campus tour stop in Utah, with countless memorials being erected in his honor.

'Please do not mistake a lack of public commentary for indifference.'

The five teams that did not honor Kirk, however, did honor Floyd after his 2020 death while he was in police custody.

The Minnesota Vikings, for example, not only stood in unison to honor Floyd at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis (pictured below), but they hosted Floyd's family for the same game, their 2020 season opener against the Green Bay Packers. The team also pledged $5 million to "social justice," while planning a scholarship in Floyd's name.

The Vikings have not made a public statement about Kirk and did not return Blaze News' request for comment.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SEPTEMBER 13, 2020: Members of the Minnesota Vikings stand with arms linked as the team pays tribute to George Floyd before the game against the Green Bay Packers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

The Indianapolis Colts did not honor Kirk's death, but they did introduce measures to fight "racism and injustice" after Floyd died. The team also created a new staff position — director of diversity, equity, and inclusion — along with a scholarship fund.

"In addition to the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and others, I have heard stunning testimonials from our players and staff about their personal experiences with racism," owner and CEO Jim Irsay said at the time.

In a comment to the Daily Mail, the Colts said the reason they did not honor Kirk was because they held a moment of silence for Forrest Lucas, the founder of Lucas Oil, who is the namesake of their stadium. The team said the honoring was planned last month when Mr. Lucas passed away.

The Cincinnati Bengals, who also have not honored or seemingly made any public statements about Kirk, were quick to squash any claims in 2020 that they did not have an opinion on Floyd's death.

The Bengals committed to "listening and action" and pledged $250,000 to "community initiatives."

"Please do not mistake a lack of public commentary for indifference," the team said in a statement. "The Bengals organization believes that fighting prejudice and discrimination requires action but to do so we have to listen first."

The Bengals did not return Blaze News' request for comment.

RELATED: Here are the NFL teams that held a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk — and the ones that didn't

INGLEWOOD, CA - AUGUST 27: George Floyd name displayed before the Los Angeles Chargers boycott scrimmage on August 27, 2020, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Additionally, the Baltimore Ravens held a moment of silence for Floyd in 2020 but not for Kirk in 2025. The team has not made any public statements about Kirk, either.

At the same time, though, star quarterback Lamar Jackson shared a post on X from former Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith that said, "Celebrating the death of someone you don't share the same beliefs as is wild. Seeing it play out in real time is disgusting."

The Ravens did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

The Detroit Lions were the fifth team not to honor Kirk or give a public statement. However, in 2020, their statement about Floyd was adamant.

"Right is right and wrong is wrong. What is happening is not acceptable. We recognize that the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery are only the most recent examples plaguing our communities," the franchise stated at the time.

The team vowed to engage in "real action and conversation" as well as "continue to LISTEN."

Blaze News was unable to reach the Lions for comment.

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Benjamin Watson and Emmanuel Acho SLANDER Charlie Kirk



Famous NFL football players Benjamin Watson and Emmanuel Acho are jumping on the anti-Charlie Kirk bandwagon — and like everyone else, they’re taking the Turning Point USA founder out of context and smearing his character while they do it.

“Since hearing of the murder of Charlie Kirk and seeing such unjustifiable graphic violence my heart has been torn and my spirit uneasy. I was neither fan nor follower of Charlie, but I was aware of his influence. While respecting his humanity and right to dialogue, my critique of his words and opinions was pointed,” Watson wrote in a post on Facebook.

“I found Charlie’s verbal attacks on black men, women, and their achievement reprehensible and utterly inexcusable. His derogatory words were a form of violence and dehumanization. He routinely amplified stereotypes and platformed prejudice, giving license to masses with similar sentiments. He did this while routinely proclaiming the name of Jesus,” he added.

While Watson went on to call Charlie’s assassination an “evil, unconscionable act,” it doesn’t change that he also became one of the many actively slandering the Turning Point founder in his passing.


And BlazeTV contributor T.J. Moe is not a fan.

“I have a lot of disdain for Ben Watson for the damage that he's done over the years, and this adds to it. You know, Ben Watson, I think, reads the Bible, at least contends to. He should know that Proverbs 6 states the things that God hates. One of them is a lying tongue, and he lied about every word of what he just said about Charlie Kirk,” Moe tells BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock on “Jason Whitlock Harmony.”

But Watson is not even close to the only former NFL player going after Kirk.

“Charlie Kirk’s death has led me to an uncomfortable conversation that I want to facilitate. To my white brothers and sisters, how would you hope your minority friends respond to the celebration of Charlie Kirk’s life when he has very publicly said things like this,” sports analyst Emmanuel Acho says before playing several out-of-context clips of Charlie speaking.

One of the clips showed Charlie saying “Cenk” to Cenk Uygur. Acho assumed Charlie was calling an Asian the “C-word.”

“He’s calling someone by their name. He’s not calling them a c***k. Acho couldn’t be bothered with doing that level of research as it relates to taking Kirk out of context at every turn and just leaning into sound bites,” Whitlock says.

“Engage with the actual argument,” he adds.

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NASCAR drivers go all out in memory of Charlie Kirk: 'This one's for Charlie'



The NASCAR world lit up over the weekend with tributes from drivers to Charlie Kirk at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

NASCAR's Xfinity Series Food City 300 and the Cup Series' Bass Pro Shops Night Race in Bristol, Tennessee, saw a huge outpouring of love for Kirk following his murder earlier in the week. Kirk's life was taken at a university event in Utah on Sept. 10, leaving his wife, Erika, and two children behind.

'I look up to his heroism when it comes to standing for God ...'

Following the national anthem on Saturday, not only was there a flyover, but at the same time, a remembrance of Kirk appeared on the big screen over the racetrack. That was far from being the only tribute to Kirk, though, as at least seven drivers let their support be known.

This included race winner Christopher Bell — driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 car — who dedicated his victory to Kirk.

"This week's obviously been a very tough week, and, you know, there's a lot on our mind, and this one’s for Charlie," he said.

Tributes also poured in from from all the current drivers of Richard Childress Racing. Decals dedicated to Kirk were placed on Jesse Love's Xfinity No. 2 car, Austin Hill's Xfinity No. 21, Kyle Busch's Cup No. 8, and Austin Dillon's Cup No. 3.

Dillon was asked about his tribute and did not mince words when speaking about the "tragic incident."

"I look up to his heroism when it comes to standing for God and I love some of his teachings of the Bible," Dillon explained. "His ability to debate without really attacking someone. I thought that it's just a very sad day; all I know it makes me want to get into the Bible more and learn more about Jesus and try and spread the word whenever I can."

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With the entire team making tributes to Kirk, owner Richard Childress was not shy about commenting on the event and provided some of the kindest remarks heard from the sports world in reference to Kirk's death.

"Charlie loved this country; he loved God," Childress told Fox News' Laura Ingraham.

Calling the assassination a "senseless, senseless murder," the team owner referred to Kirk as a "friend and a great American patriot."

When Ingraham asked if he ever imagined something like Kirk's death would happen in the United States, Childress remarked, "Some of the crazy stuff that you hear that these people come up with, I can't believe it. ... We've got the greatest country on Earth. If you've ever been to other countries, especially communist countries, you'll understand what you have."

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Jeremy Clements' Xfinity No. 51 car from Jeremy Clements Racing also put a photo of Kirk on his car with the caption "RIP Charlie Kirk."

Austin Green's Xfinity No. 32 car for Jordan Anderson Racing also paid tribute to Kirk, simply writing his name next to the American flag above the rear driver-side window.

The outpouring of love by the drivers is by far the biggest showing of support for Kirk in any of the major sports to date.

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Houston Texans hold moment of silence — but don't say Charlie Kirk's name



The Houston Texans gave a peculiar reason for why they chose not to honor Charlie Kirk before their "Monday Night Football" game.

Kirk was shot and killed on September 10 during a campus tour stop in Utah. The assassination sparked vigils and memorials across the world, and most NFL teams chose to honor Kirk over the weekend, with only five teams declining to do so.

'It's our hope that together, we condemn all forms of violence.'

Before losing 20-19 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night, the Texans announced a message over the public address system at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. At about 6:40 p.m., according to OutKick's Armando Salguero, the stadium paused for 10 seconds to honor victims of violence and destruction generically.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are asking all families to join us in a moment of silence to honor all the victims of violence and natural disasters across the country," the statement said, which was broadcast on ESPN. "It's our hope that together, we condemn all forms of violence. Thank you."

As KHOU-TV reported, the moment of silence did not mention Kirk. However, the franchise later offered an explanation for the omission.

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"We held a moment of silence pregame to honor all victims of violence and natural disasters across the country," the team told OutKick in a statement.

The Texans added, "Unfortunately, there have been a number of recent tragedies, so we did not think it was appropriate to single any of them out and minimize the others that have occurred."

The team's inability to specifically mention Kirk was rare in that most teams did honor him, while the teams that did not declined to have a moment of silence altogether.

One team, however, that did happily put Kirk up on the big screen was the Dallas Cowboys, which scored easy marks with a classy comment from owner Jerry Jones.

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"We just all abhor violence. And it's impacting us all. And, certainly, we all stand together on any front, relative to the threat of violence," Jones said, per the Athletic's Jon Machota.

Jones added, "I was a young guy, but aware, in the '60s when we had huge violence, lost President Kennedy and his brother and many, many others, Martin Luther King. It's something that we all really need to just be aware of, support our law enforcement, and do everything we can to keep the violence in check."

The Green Bay Packers were the first to honor Kirk ahead of their "Thursday Night Football" game against the Washington Commanders at Lambeau Field.

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Black minister trashes Charlie Kirk for ‘racism’



Pastor Howard-John Wesley, a black minister, has used the atrocious assassination of Charlie Kirk to rack up millions of views for preaching about the late Turning Point USA founder as being a “weapon of the enemy.”

“Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be assassinated. But I’m overwhelmed, seeing the flags of the United States of America at half-staff, calling this nation to honor and venerate a man who was an unapologetic racist and spent all of his life sowing seeds of division and hate into this land,” Wesley said.

“And hearing people with selective rage, who were mad about Charlie Kirk but didn’t give a damn about Melissa Hortman and her husband when they were shot down in their home, tell me I ought to have compassion for the death of a man who had no respect for my own life,” he continued.


“I am sorry, but there’s nowhere in Bible where we are taught to honor evil. And how you die does not redeem how you lived. You do not become a hero in your death when you are a weapon of the enemy in your life. I can abhor the violence that took your life, but I don’t have to celebrate how you chose to live,” he concluded.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is disgusted — and can’t help but recall the not-so-distant past when the left martyred an actual criminal.

“I would ask this minister … explain to me George Floyd. And let’s compare George Floyd to Charlie Kirk. And so when we talk about how Charlie Kirk lived, he went to church, he evangelized for Christ, he got married, he honored his wife, he had two kids, as far as I know, never accused of a crime,” Whitlock says.

“I think it’s difficult to say Charlie Kirk lived a life of racism. You know, he was a political activist. He was an evangelist for Christianity. He was a husband, a father of two kids,” he continues.

George Floyd, on the other hand, Whitlock says, died in a way equal to how he lived.

“George Floyd lived doing drugs and committing crimes,” he says. “But how he died, which was a drug overdose while four police officers were on the scene and Derek Chauvin was restraining him, that changed everything about George Floyd.”

“Charlie Kirk was assassinated not for resisting arrest, not for throwing a punch at anybody,” he continues, adding that it was “for debating people.”

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It's NOT both sides: The dark truth about political violence in 2025



What happened to Charlie Kirk is not only devastating, but it's left conservatives across the country grappling with a terrifying message.

“Everybody got their wakeup call that we could all be greenlit, that the left has established a precedent, a normalization, of, ‘Hey, if someone disagrees with you, if you don’t get your way, run out into the streets and be violent. Assassinate the people that disagree with you,’” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock says on “Fearless.”

And the Democrats who are cheering the death as if it's a touchdown at an NFL game are “demons.”

“You can stand shoulder to shoulder with them if you want to, with the demons, with the transgender crowd, with the gay crowd, with the abortion crowd. Stand shoulder to shoulder with them and say, ‘Well, I know I may be standing shoulder to shoulder with them, and I know the Bible says, ‘Come out from among them, but I can’t because the Democrat Party offers something for me,’” Whitlock says.


“‘I’m gay, and they’re normalizing my sin. I’m transgender, and they’re normalizing my insanity. I’m black, and they’re making it easier for me to get jobs that I’m not qualified for. I’m black, and they gave me a black woman Supreme Court Justice,’” he continues.

“You justify it however you want, but you’re standing shoulder to shoulder with people that are insane and willing to kill and willing to laugh off the assassination of a Christian father and husband,” he adds.

And unfortunately, this means that the left doesn’t hold themselves even close to the same morals that the right does.

“They’re not like us. This whole both-sidesing of issues is a joke. It’s a fallacy. You will not find evangelical people doing this,” he says, adding, “We’re not out hunting and trying to murder and assassinate people we disagree with.”

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Radio host makes insane complaint about Charlie Kirk tributes at NFL games — but actual players disagree



Chicago radio personality Michael Baisden went on record to voice his displeasure with NFL tributes to Charlie Kirk over the weekend.

Kirk, a 31-year-old political commentator, was murdered at a university event in Utah on Sept. 10, leaving his wife, Erika, and two children behind.

The majority of home NFL teams honored Kirk with a moment of silence on Sunday, with the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, and Minnesota Vikings being the only teams that did not, according to the New York Post. Apparently, this was not enough for Baisden.

'Seeing it play out in real time is disgusting.'

Baisden's career in media has garnered him a massive following, including nearly four million followers on Facebook and about 530,000 on Instagram. On both pages, Baisden shared the following message.

"How do you feel about NFL teams honoring Charlie Kirk? Talk about a slap in the face of black players!" he wrote, alongside an image from AT&T Stadium that honored Kirk.

Baisden received a lot of support on his Instagram page, with many commentators referring to disgraced NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who kneeled during the national anthem in 2017.

"I stopped watching football when kneeling was a reprimanded offense," said one reader with a black-power fist as the display picture.

"No surprise there at all. The NFL support[s] racism and has for some time now," a bakery account wrote.

Like most, though, actual football players did not see Kirk as a racially divisive figure, nor did they see his murder as a cause for celebration or criticism.

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"You don’t have to agree with Charlie Kirk or his views, but taking someone’s life over differences is never justified," said Joshua Hines-Allen, defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars. "The whole situation is tragic. Prayers and condolences to his family and loved ones," he wrote on X.

Dallas' own iconic former wide receiver Dez Bryant admitted on X that he was not familiar with Kirk when fans started asking him if posts he was making were in relation to the shooting. When one reader tried to say Bryant was supporting racism, Bryant rebuffed the claim and said, "Nobody deserves to die the way [that] man died."

Bryant later added, "Seeing people who are excited about Charlie Kirk dying are f**ked up human beings. ... Sending love to his family."

Two-time Super Bowl winner and former Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith voiced a similar sentiment on X, saying, "Celebrating the death of someone you don't share the same beliefs as is wild."

"Seeing it play out in real time is disgusting," the broadcaster wrote; Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson shared the post.

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Three-time Super Bowl winner Julian Edelman, a former New England Patriots wide receiver, wrote on X that he is praying for the Kirk family.

"Violence like this is never acceptable," Edelman added.

Even polarizing announcer and former Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III said he was disgusted by what he was seeing online.

"Celebrating his death makes you a despicable human," Griffin wrote. Griffin also asked for prayers for Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, the woman who was murdered on a train in Charlotte.

Baisden now hosts a podcast under his own name while operating a dating and travel website called Mingle City.

The site boasts that Baisden was credited by former President Barack Obama's campaign with "being instrumental in his election and re-election," while also claiming Baisden was "the first and loudest national voice to sound the alarm on the Trayvon Martin killing!"

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‘The fruit of a demonic culture’: Whitlock dives deeper into the cause of Charlotte train killing



Iryna Zarutska’s suspected killer wasn’t a productive citizen who just snapped one day — the man had over a dozen prior arrests — yet somehow was still walking the streets freely.

And the crime he is suspected of committing is not an isolated incident.

“I don’t even know his name. I’m not that interested in his name. He’s unimportant individually, but what he represents is very important,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock says on “Jason Whitlock Harmony.”

While Whitlock admits it might sound crazy, his major takeaway after watching the video of Zarutska’s horrifying murder is that her killer was “demon possessed.”


“And because we have become so secular, we don’t even understand demons and the wickedness, the evilness that we’re seeing. We don’t interpret things the way that we used to interpret things previously … when our worldview was much more Christian, much more biblical, much more rooted in the spiritual nature of this world,” he explains.

“Now everything is very secular, and so we don’t think this way,” he adds.

Many Americans have responded to the tragedy by pointing to the need for mental institutions or fixing the justice system that let a violent criminal out to do what he pleased, but Whitlock notes that the solution is much deeper than that.

The entire “culture” that the alleged killer was created by is “demonic” in itself — and needs to be completely changed.

Whitlock notes that rap music has long glorified murder within the black community, saying, “It flirts with all this demonic, devil worshipping, all of this stuff.”

“And then we look out and see someone like Decarlos Brown Jr., who clearly to me, if he were trying to rob this woman, and kill her, I think we’d all sit back and say, ‘Oh man, this is a terrible tragedy, lock this dude up for life, give him the death penalty’ … but just killing a young woman that got on a train and sat in front of you, and then saying something about ‘I got that white girl,’ this is demonic,” Whitlock says.

“And it’s the fruit of a demonic culture,” he adds.

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Charlie Kirk: A good and faithful servant



When Charlie Kirk was asked in an interview how he would want to be remembered, he answered without hesitation.

“I want to be remembered for courage for my faith. That would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith in my life,” he said.

In honor of Charlie’s wish, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock says, “I think he will be,” before reading Matthew 25:23: “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness.”

“I think God is well pleased with Charlie Kirk and what he accomplished in his 31 years of life,” he says.


Kirk accomplished more in his 31 years than most people do in a lifetime — including becoming a major part of America’s strong faith-based conservative base.

“I really don’t like political partisanship, but there is a difference between the two political dynamics, the left and the right. And the difference is at their base, and I’m talking about the hardcore base of the conservative movement. It’s all based on biblical principles,” Whitlock explains.

“Charlie Kirk was a part of that base, that evangelical part of the conservative movement that really is trying to inflict, impose, influence government policies through a biblical lens,” he continues.

However, this is what angered leftists and the mainstream media the most, who labeled Kirk as polarizing.

“For the left, the most passionate people are the most secular people. … They stand shoulder to shoulder with the transgender crowd, the Alphabet Mafia, the pro-abortion crowd … and it’s because their worldview isn’t really biblical,” Whitlock says.

Rather, their worldview is “racial.”

And Charlie aimed to help the leftist youth see the world for more than the color of someone’s skin or a rainbow of genders.

“And that’s why I say hats off to Charlie Kirk. That in some ways, today is a celebration of a great young man, of someone that at an early age figured out how to match his talents with an activity and a passion and a life’s work that glorified and honored God,” Whitlock says.

“He recognized that this world has become so political, and that politics are driving so much of our worldview, that if he doesn’t inject Christianity and a biblical worldview into politics, we’re going to lose more and more people, and this world is going to become more and more worldly and secular, more and more hostile to God,” he continues.

“And Satan realized this man had to be stopped, because he was having too much impact on this world,” he says. “He was converting and opening the eyes of too many young people, and he had to be stopped.”

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Carolina Panthers fire employee for showing his true colors after Charlie Kirk's death



The Carolina Panthers football team has fired a public relations employee over his comments about Charlie Kirk.

Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday during a campus tour stop in Utah. Videos showed Kirk was shot in the neck in front of a large crowd of college students and attendees.

Despite an outpouring of positive support after the horrific killing, many people have taken the opportunity to criticize or insult Kirk online, including a Panthers employee.

'We do not condone violence of any kind.'

As reported by the Athletic, a communications coordinator named Charlie Rock was fired by the Panthers for his online commentary about the deceased conservative activist.

Rock apparently joined the organization as an intern in 2024 and was promoted to his now-former position.

Social media posts circulating online showed screenshots from Rock's Instagram account (which is now inactive), on which he posted a video of Kirk at a speaking event with the caption, "Why are yall sad? Your man said it was worth it …" referring to Kirk's death.

Rock's next post was the song "Protect Ya Neck" by Wu-Tang Clan, which could easily be interpreted as referring to Kirk being shot in the neck.

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The Athletic was able to confirm that the employee is no longer with the Panthers, but Rock did not respond to the outlet's request for comment.

The Panthers organization, on the other hand, released a general statement on Thursday morning without naming Rock.

"The views expressed by our employees are their own and do not represent those of the Carolina Panthers," the team's X post read. "We do not condone violence of any kind. We are taking this matter very seriously and have accordingly addressed it with the individual."

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Charlie Kirk at Politicon 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Politicon

"Pro Football Talk's" Mike Florio shared the story and wrote, "In a civil society, we have disagreements. Those disagreements, however sharp and strong they might be, should never devolve into violence."

Florio added, "There is no room in the American experiment for political violence. For any type of violence. Violence should be condemned in all forms, by everyone."

The Panthers' next game is against the Arizona Cardinals. The teams play Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

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