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Adrian Peterson speaks with Damar Hamlin
Adrian Peterson speaks with Damar Hamlin
Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson has spoken out against and later, with Bills safety
D.J. Fluker Jersey Damar Hamlin for a jacket the latter wore at Super Bowl 57.The jacket, designed by artist Takashi Murakami for a reported $3,150, depicts Jesus Christ on the cro s. It appears Peterson, a devout Christian, was offended by Jesus having an altered, Pica so-styled head. He said Hamlin should be "thanking God" for recovering from cardiac arrest instead of, presumably, blaspheming his image."You should be thanking God son!" Peterson wrote in a since-altered Instagram post. "This is Blasphemy!! We all fall short but c'mon man! I find this disrespectful."MORE: Here's an image of Hamlin's jacket in a
Quinton Jefferson Jersey picture he took with Lakers star Lebron James:The King (@HamlinIsland) Images of the jacket on social media also show it depicted "Saint Youth, and the phrase, Without end and without beginning, there is no day and no night." The back of the jacket has the word "Eternal" over a depiction of Jesus on the cro s.Peterson's post
Marquise Blair Jersey also shows images of the jacket. His edited post claims he not only spoke with Hamlin, but came to understand the Bills safety did not wear the jacket with "ill intent." That said, Peterson said he "just cant rock with that jacket" before claiming Hamlin should more responsibly use his platform as a role model.MORE: Hamlin has spoken about faith at length in his recovery from cardiac arrest in a Week 17 "Monday Night Football" game vs. the Bengals in Cincinnati.Wrote Peterson to Hamlin: "I apologize for offending you, I just felt offended
Barkevious Mingo Jersey in that moment as a man who loves and respects our Lord and Savior, Yeshua."Hamlin also took the time to apologize for wearing the coat. He wrote on Twitter Wednesday that he hadn't intended to offend anyone with the drawing, which he referred to as "abstract art.""After talking with my parents I understand how my coat could have offended some people," Hamlin wrote. "It was never my intentions to hurt or disrespect anyone, the coat is abstract art to me. It says Eternal which I am Eternally thankful to my Savior!""My beliefs and Relationship with God is not tied to symbolic images," he added. "
Russell Wilson Jersey I will learn from this and continue to walk in Love as I ALWAYS have."My beliefs and Relationship with God is not tied to symbolic images. I will learn from this and continue to walk in Love as I ALWAYS have. Matthew 7:1-5 (@HamlinIsland)