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Monday, Sep. 29, 2025

Were the Minnesota Vikings the only NFL team not to honor Charlie Kirk?

Shadi Bushra, MinnPost
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Several NFL teams hosting football games in the days after the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk did not specifically honor him.

The Houston Texans took a moment for “all victims of gun violence” but did not mention Kirk by name. Other teams that did not specifically honor Kirk include the Indianapolis Colts, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Baltimore Ravens, the Las Vegas Raiders and the Detroit Lions. 

The NFL held a moment of silence during a game in Green Bay on the day after Kirk’s murder. The organization called this a “league decision” and said that further remembrances would be up to the home teams.

During their Sept. 14 game against the Atlanta Falcons, the Minnesota Vikings held a moment of silence for the victims and survivors of the August shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, as well as all recent victims of gun violence.

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