One more thing to take into consideration, Danno. Much of the information concerning Jacob Blake's recent legal issues weren't not common knowledge at the point in time that NFL teams were reacting. Given a little more lead time they may have come to a different decision on wearing the name tags.

We are too quick to judge. We are willing to throw away something we love at the jerk of a knee.

Doesn’t matter. If the almighty NFL, the almighty Saints, the almighty DB#9 CHOOSES to propagate an ideology by using the name of someone they consider a “victim”, then they dam well better known who they are aligning themselves with.

bc Those who wore his name on their helmets just stated that sexual assault is OK, so long as the current universally accepted social justice platform is advertised on TV and via superstar athletes.

Those photos will exist in perpetuity, without context. It was a bad idea, regardless of the idiot who thumbs up’d the “team” doing it.

Doesn’t matter. If the almighty NFL, the almighty Saints, the almighty DB#9 CHOOSES to propagate an ideology by using the name of someone they consider a “victim”, then they dam well better known who they are aligning themselves with.

bc Those who wore his name on their helmets just stated that sexual assault is OK, so long as the current universally accepted social justice platform is advertised on TV and via superstar athletes.

Those photos will exist in perpetuity, without context. It was a bad idea, regardless of the idiot who thumbs up’d the “team” doing it.

Wasn’t he the same young man who made a stir a month ago, roughly, while at a large party, supposed to have been in an NFL “bubble” and then tried to jump from a balcony in order to avoid being caught? Name seems familiar, but I could be wrong.

Sad, regardless of it’s him, or not, I hope the young man figures things out soon.

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1304510745825116160

From the article linked ...

"It is likely that multiple factors played into the drop, including social justice messages, which have been present, while audience sizes have reduced across all sports in recent months. An uncompetitive game — a 34-20 Chiefs win, during which they led by 24 in the fourth quarter — likely played a role. So too did unusual competition from an unprecedented sports calendar, which saw the NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, MLB regular season, U.S. Open and college football all take place Thursday night."

Last year's opener had only MLB as a sports competitor. I have a high school friend that told me her and her whole family (two grown daughters and their families) would have had the NFL game on normally, but they are huge US Open fans and never miss it. She had posted on Facebook their disappointment that Serena had lost so I broached the subject. I also knew they are all NFL fans. Lot's of fans of other sports automatically tune into the NFL when their seasons are over. The NBA, NHL and the US Open have never been being broadcast during a televised NFL game. COVID has created a strange dynamic. That said, the NFL audience still dawrfed all the other televised sports numbers combined. No wonder the ad revenues for the game were up over 10% from 2019's opener.