Earlier today, there were reports on social media of fans disrupting a “moment of silence” held before the start of the Packers–Lions game in Green Bay, including a comment that star quarterback Aaron Rogers denounced after the game as “prejudicial.”
We’re not sure exactly what Rodgers was referring to, but we did see a few people say they heard “Muslims suck”:
He may have not won the game, but Rodgers certainly made a great comment on a fan yelling "Muslims suck". #Packers https://t.co/DvHSsr6Yfe
— Avery Feyrer (@CoffeeBlack_910) November 15, 2015
A packers fan yelled "muslims suck" during the moment of silence? Smh
— Mike (@garnetgoldmike) November 15, 2015
Fan yelled racial slur at Muslims , great job by AR12 To use his platform to make an intelligent statement https://t.co/1zVKFcrGG7
— Arpan Bajaj (@RPun) November 15, 2015
Nicely done by Aaron Rodgers to speak out against the fan at Lambeau who yelled a slur toward Muslims. https://t.co/kLSzdUyK80
— Dave Hogg (@stareagle) November 15, 2015
Others reported hearing the crowd attempt to get a “Go Pack Go” chant started as well:
https://twitter.com/rhodydoz/status/665952530443182082
Stay classy to the couple fans at green bay that yelled during the moment of silence for Paris. #NFLGameDay #PackersNation #NFLsunday
— DMC (@debi1005) November 15, 2015
Apparently "a moment of silence" in Green Bay means drunken incoherent screams from the fans.
— ????????????? (@DevolutionMan) November 15, 2015
Packer's fans can be quiet when Green Bay has the ball, not when asked to give a moment of silence for the victims in Paris. #disrespectful
— Jennee (@Just_Jenn_ee) November 15, 2015
After the game, Rodgers called the comment — whatever it was — “really inappropriate” and “it’s that kind of prejudicial ideology that I think puts us in the position we’re in today as a world.”
https://twitter.com/MattJ_onNFL/status/666018087724912641