Damar Hamlin's jacket
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said that he didn’t mean to “hurt or disrespect anyone” with the jacket he wore to Super Bowl LVII after it was criticized for being “blasphemy.” Hamlin was in attendance for the NFL’s season finale, played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and was honored before kickoff, along with the medical personnel and first responders who helped perform lifesaving CPR on him when he suffered a cardiac arrest during a game in January and oversaw his recovery. The 24-year-old was seen wearing a jacket depicting
Jesus on the back with the word “Eternal” emblazoned above it. On the front, it bore another image of Jesus and the phrase: “Without end and without beginning, there is no day and there is no night.” But the portrayals of Jesus have been criticized, in particular from star NFL running back Adrian Peterson. In a since edited Instagram post, 2012 NFL MVP Peterson reportedly called the jacket “blasphemy.” “You should be thanking God son!” Peterson reportedly wrote. “This is Blasphemy!! We all fall short but c’mon man! I find this disrespectful.” Having edited the post, Peterson said he had
spoken to Hamlin and they “were able to discuss our thoughts as men.” “I want to be clear, I’m the last person to judge anyone, and that was never my intention. However, I do feel as
