Sunday's most compelling game was over and now it was time for the Denver Broncos stars to discuss their stirring victory over the Dallas Cowboys on NBC's national broadcast.
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stars → discuss → broadcast
And that's when quarterback Bo Nix and safety Talanoa Hufanga told everyone where the credit goes:
To God.
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credit → tell → God
"Honestly man, all praise to God, just to come out here, believe in myself, believe in my teammates to be in the right spot," Hufanga said after collecting two interceptions, including a Pick Six.
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Hufanga → come → Six
"Man, all glory to God that I go out there and play and have some fun."
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I → go → fun
NBC's Melissa Stark turned to Nix and asked something about what was discussed at halftime.
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what → turn → halftime
And the quarterback gave her 10 seconds of fluff football talk then said this:
"But like he said, all glory to God," Nix said.
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Nix → give → God
He's given us this platform.
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He → give → platform
He's given us this opportunity and our job is just to make the most of it.
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job → give → it
"Believe," Hufanga then added, as if imploring the audience to join them.
And this is example 1,403,285 (more or less) that the NFL is the most God-centered professional sports league in America.
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NFL → believe → America
Every game day the most popular league playing the country's most popular sport shows up publicly thanking, praising and worshiping God.
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league → play → God
Out in the open, regardless how fans, media, or the league itself may feel about people of faith.
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fans → feel → faith
So, how could this secular, oftentimes super liberal monolith of a business preach God so often?
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monolith → preach → God
Well, let's understand there is a difference between the mostly faceless, nameless, Godless league that is headquartered in New York, and the people that fans actually come to see and cheer — the players and coaches.
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fans → let → that
While we think of the NFL as a sterile office bent on making gobs of profit, you've got people in uniform or wearing headsets that sometimes speak like prophets.
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that → think → prophets
Consider:
The Baltimore Ravens beat the Dallas Cowboys in stunning, last-second fashion in Brazil.
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Ravens → consider → Brazil
Quarterback Lamar Jackson completed a long pass with one second remaining to set up a final kick.
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Jackson → complete → kick
So he stepped off the field and went to work.
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he → step → field
"The crazy thing about it [was] I had no doubt in my mind," Jackson told an international group of reporters afterward.
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Jackson → have → reporters
"I prayed to Jesus.
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I → pray → Jesus
I prayed to God.
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I → pray → God
"I am like, ‘Man, I feel like we already won.’
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we → feel → ?
I could not show it, but I am like, I have all my faith in [kicker Tyler Loop] right now, man."
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I → show → Loop
In Washington, the Commanders lost linebacker Leo Chenal to a neck injury in the first half.
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Commanders → lose → half
He was taken to a local hospital where doctors saw he had movement in all his extremities.
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he → take → extremities
Back at the Northwest Stadium, Kain Medrano stepped in for Chenal.
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Medrano → step → Chenal
Medrano intercepted a pass in the fourth-quarter.
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Medrano → intercept → quarter
"Yeah, obviously, we lost a brother," Medrano said, "but we're all praying for him."
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we → lose → him
The Giants, like the Commanders, won on Sunday despite not having their starting quarterback because both Jaylen Daniels and Jaxson Dart are out injured.
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Daniels → win → quarterback
That put Jameis Winston at the reins of the New York offense, but it was the defense and safety Jevon Holland's interception at his own 4-yard line with 24 seconds to play that sealed the victory.
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that → put → victory
"Elated, praise God, so happy and grateful that he did what I thought he was going to do," Winston said.
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Winston → praise → God
"I told [Holland] he was going to do that.
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he → tell → that
He did it.
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He → do → it
"I told him he was going to do that Friday.
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he → tell → that
Friday, I told him, I said, 'When the game is on the line, you're going to make the biggest play.'
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you → tell → play
Coach John Harbaugh's team has a 2-1 record now.
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team → have → record
Those two victories are already half the number of wins the Giants managed all of last season.
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Giants → manage → season
So what's the first thing Harbaugh told the New York media to start his post-game news conference?
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Harbaugh → tell → conference
"Praise and glory to our Savior," he said.
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he → say → Savior
That's the way these games go usually in the National Football League.
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games → go → League
It is people of faith feeling no shame about sharing what's in their heart.
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what → feel → heart
…and 1 more, not listed.
The Aporia
