Saturday night’s NFL playoff game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Los Angeles Chargers was one for the ages. The Jaguars completed one of the biggest comebacks in NFL history, overcoming a 27-0 deficit and winning the game on a last-second field goal by kicker Riley Patterson.
Jaguars kicker Riley Patterson held up his cross necklace for the camera after kicking the game winner.
Pretty awesome ✝️ pic.twitter.com/qPnD6fbLvD
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 15, 2023
Before the kick, Patterson pulled out a cross he was wearing around his neck and kissed it. After his game-winning boot, while celebrating, Patterson held up the cross in what appeared to be his way of giving thanks to God. Yet, as soon as he did this, NBC purposely seemed to cut away from Patterson holding up the cross.
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Based on the sequence of events and the many cameras that refused to show Patterson holding up his cross, this appeared to occur on purpose. It would be a logical conclusion to anyone who watched the kick live. The entire incident was trending on Twitter Saturday night, with many people noticing that NBC cut away from Patterson as soon as he held up his cross.
This was a stark contrast from when network cameras focused intensely on NFL players kneeling for the anthem a few years back. NBC had every opportunity to show Patterson, but each time they tried to cut to him after the kick, he was holding up his cross, and cameras almost immediately cut away before it appeared on television.
Why did @nbc cut away from the @NFL game when Jaguars kicker Riley Patterson kicked the game winning field goal and held up his cross chain in celebration?
They cut away multiple times when he was showing his cross chain on camera? #NFL #NFLPlayoffs #JacksonvilleJaguars pic.twitter.com/lgiVDyV4oP
— Christopher Tremoglie (@cwtremo) January 15, 2023
Sadly, these anti-religious, Christophobic tactics are becoming all too familiar in our country. Television has zero problems showing a man dressed and identifying as a woman or couples participating in sexually-suggestive behavior; however, showing an athlete thanking the Lord is too much for television.
Riley Patterson not getting any love from NBC. No interview for his clutch FG. I’m guessing because he pulled out his cross and was giving credit to God. They wouldn’t show it on camera. #NFLPlayoffs #Jaguars
— Dave Q. ?? (@DQuesada) January 15, 2023
It’s a sad reflection of our current society. The cultural elite and their accomplices in the media will do everything in their power to silence positive displays of Christianity. No other religion endures these kinds of attacks (especially subliminal ones like this) than Christianity. Patterson’s celebration should have received the same attention and coverage on NBC as NFL players protesting “social justice.”
WHATS REALLY CLUTCH ABOUT RILEY PATTERSON’S GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL IS HIM IMMEDIATELY REACHING FOR HIS CROSS TO GIVE ALL GLORY TO GOD.
WHATS SAD IS THE CAMERAS AVOIDED LETTING THAT MOMENT OCCUR .
LIKE A SOLDIER ON MISSION HE JUST BROUGHT THE CROSS TO THE PODIUM -Matthew 5:16 pic.twitter.com/LjJJx28IRd
— Houston Christian Football (@hcstangs_FB) January 15, 2023
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Patterson’s enthusiasm for celebrating Christianity was just the latest cultural slight by the Left. Given their desire to eliminate the country’s Christian foundation and its founding Judeo-Christian principles from our society, he won’t be the last. Christians, and all religious people, must resist these left-wing attacks and push back against this shift away from God.
Because despite the Left’s best efforts, the United States is not a godless country. Now, it’s up to Christians to ensure it will never become one.
