With Week 2 of the NFL winding down, five home teams refused to sponsor a moment of silence for murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, even though each of them held memorials, made statements, and donated money in honor of convicted drug user George Floyd.
About half the teams playing over Week 2 did hold a moment of silence for Kirk, but five games were noticeably missing among that list.
By the time Sunday ended, five home teams had skipped the moment of silence that the NFL had authorized. Those teams included the Baltimore Ravens, who faced the Cleveland Browns at M&T Bank Stadium, the Cincinnati Bengals, who played the Jacksonville Jaguars at Paycor Stadium, the Detroit Lions, who took on the Chicago Bears, the Indianapolis
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