Passover Humor: Houston Texans Photo Shows Players Carrying Matzo Instead of Football

The Houston Texans football team stirred up a minor firestorm this week by posting two photos of their players carrying matzos instead of a football.

As Jason Miles wrote for KHOU-11,

Some believe the Houston Texans fumbled by posting photo-shopped images of two players holding Matzah bread instead of footballs to the team's social media.

The post includes the caption “Happy Passover to all who celebrate!”

“I think they’re trying to be funny but I can see how people would take offense to it,” said Thomas Welham of Houston.

"It’s a little jarring to see them photoshopped in there," said Charlie Nater.  "But I'm not offended by it.”

“I think there’s too much negativity in the world and people should just live and let live,” said Samantha Sutton.

“I thought it was great,” said Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe of the Torah Outreach Resource Center of Houston, or TORCH.  "People need to lighten up a little."

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