The league’s first game of the 2026 regular season, a rematch of Super Bowl LX between the visiting New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, featured a pregame announcement that will be heard throughout the league Thursday in Australia, before Sunday’s games and ahead of Monday Night Football:"This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the deadliest in our nation's history," the Lumens Field announcement bellowed."We now ask that you join us in a moment of silence in honor of those affected by the September 11th tragedy."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSeattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold throws a pass during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game against the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb.
8, 2026.(AP Photo/Mark J.
Terrill)And immediately, one of the NFL's loudest venues fell mostly silent.This must be said: The NFL's script calls the attacks of September 11, 2001, exactly what it was.It wasn't "some people did something," as some Somalian-born congresswoman once said.It wasn't just a hijacking of planes.These were indeed coordinated "terrorist attacks."THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.
DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001 in New York City.(Robert Giroux/Getty Images)A jihadist attack might have been a more accurate description, but we all know what kind of terrorists perpetrated it.Anyway, after the moment of silence, the crowd was directed to both a sign language and guitar solo interpretation of the national anthem.The guitar solo was performed by Pearl Jam's Mike McCready.McCready, a liberal who has advocated all things ObamaCare and former President Obama, started out quite well.It actually kind of hearkened back to Jimi Hendrix's rendition for a minute.And ...