SNL is a show that has always been known to mock current events in America, so it’s no shock that they would tap into what is going on in the National Football League.
The show recently touched on Tom Brady as well as Colin Kaepernick, and even spoke on some of the political issues swirling in the country.
These jokes came as part of the American Households Cold Open skit where various families around the country prayed before their meal.
“Thank you for no more kneeling in the NFL,” Beck Bennett’s character said in reference to Kaepernick and many of the peaceful protests that have taken place in recent years. “That was very hard for me.”
“Thank you, Lord, for the not one, not two, but three black quarterbacks that have beat Tom Brady this season,” Kenan Thompson said in his own prayer. “Colin Kaepernick works in mysterious ways.”
Kaepernick first drew criticism from Donald Trump back in 2016 when he began kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice.
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Many other players followed his lead that season and the years since he’s been out of the league as no team has called him about the possibility of joining their squad.
The three players mentioned that beat Brady are Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans, Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs.
