"I had never liked Shockey until I saw him give that ball to our military hero but I have respect for him now..."
My sentiments, exactly.
The Pats-Bills game opened with a flyover by a B-2 bomber. On the way to the Stadium, I saw a football shirt "Tillman", #40 with a sign directing people to http://www.themissingpatriot.com/..... saw a few Tillman shirts in the crowd including one that was "U.S. Hero" #40...
At the end of the game, some of the players made a circle at the center of the field and knelt down in apparent prayer. No announcement, no fanfare, just a simple gesture by some very large men that had just finished a close game where they crashed into each other for 3 hours....