{"id":2326262,"date":"2024-08-18T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T19:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-all-pro-demario-davis-preaches-the-gospel-live-on-fox-sports-as-colin-cowherd-listens-silently\/"},"modified":"2024-08-18T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T19:37:28","slug":"nfl-all-pro-demario-davis-preaches-the-gospel-live-on-fox-sports-as-colin-cowherd-listens-silently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-all-pro-demario-davis-preaches-the-gospel-live-on-fox-sports-as-colin-cowherd-listens-silently\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL All-Pro Demario Davis Preaches the Gospel Live on Fox Sports as Colin Cowherd Listens Silently"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnfl-all-pro-demario-davis-preaches-the-gospel-live-on-fox-sports-as-colin-cowherd-listens-silently%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2326262&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-accuses-president-trump-of-using-irresponsible-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz accuses President Trump of using \u2018irresponsible rhetoric\u2019\">recent episode<\/a> of Colin\u200b Cowherd&#8217;s show on Fox \u2062Sports 1, New \u2062Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis delivered\u200d a heartfelt tribute to God\u200b while discussing his ongoing \u2064NFL career. At 35 years old and in his thirteenth season, Davis reflected on his longevity and success in the league, including being\u200d a Pro Bowl selection multiple times. When asked about retirement, Davis emphasized the importance of knowing one&#8217;s identity and attributed his continued play to divine guidance, stating that he will play as\u2062 long as God directs him. He recounted a moment of struggle during his\u2063 time with the Cleveland Browns, where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/let-me-finish-psaki-fires-back-as-fox-news-reporter-presses-her-on-possible-mask-updates-from-the-cdc\/\" title=\"\u2018Let Me Finish!\u2019: Psaki Fires Back As Fox News Reporter Presses Her On Possible Mask Updates From The CDC\">felt ready<\/a> to give up but received a sense of reassurance from God. Davis uses \u2064his \u200bplatform to glorify his faith, expressing that it&#8217;s an integral part of who he is and not just a superficial display. His \u200bcandid and passionate expression of faith resonated deeply, prompting Cowherd&#8217;s usual commentary to \u2064fall \u2063silent in appreciation. The interview exemplifies a rare, sincere integration of faith and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-nba-derails-mark-cuban-plans-to-banish-anthem-from-dallas-nba-games\/\" title=\"BREAKING: NBA Derails Mark Cuban Plans To Banish Anthem From Dallas NBA Games\">professional sports<\/a> in today&#8217;s world.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As sports fans know, it takes a lot to get pundit Colin Cowherd to be quiet. Leave it to praise for the Lord to do what other men have tried and failed to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-colin-cowherd-goes-wild-shohei-ohtani-rant-bizarrely-mentions-2020-election-jab-trump-supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cowherd&rsquo;s<\/a> Fox Sports 1 show on Monday, New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis offered a powerful tribute to God&rsquo;s power, saying that the reason why he was &ldquo;still playing is because God has not done what He&rsquo;s doing with me in the game yet&rdquo; and that he would continue to &ldquo;play as long as He tells me to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The words came in response to a question about where &ldquo;is the line for you that, &lsquo;hey, I&rsquo;m going to hang it up.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Davis, who at 35 <em>is <\/em>an older NFL player, has been in the league for over a decade, yet has still made the Pro Bowl twice in his later years &mdash; 2022 and 2023. He was first team All Pro in 2019 and second team All Pro in 2020 through 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-saints-receiver-michael-thomas-arrested-confrontation-construction-worker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saints<\/a>, who he&rsquo;s been with since 2018, don&rsquo;t seem much closer to being a contender than they were last year, when they were 9&ndash;8 in a terrible NFC South and failed to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re still dominant, whcih is incredible in year 13 for a linebacker,&rdquo; Cowherd said. &ldquo;When do you just say &mdash; is it winning, if the team&rsquo;s not winning? What is that for you? What it&rsquo;s look like, retirement and when?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Davis said that it was &ldquo;a phenomenal question&rdquo; and it all boiled down to &ldquo;identity and knowing who you are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been so blessed by this game,&rdquo; Davis told Cowherd.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">ve played<\/a> a lot longer than I ever thought I would, I&rsquo;ve gotten a chance to experience so much, and to be able to be where I am and have set my family up for long after I leave this place,&rdquo; he continued, before turning the topic to God.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know why I am still playing? It&rsquo;s because God has not done what He&rsquo;s doing with me in the game yet. And I&rsquo;ll play as long as He tells me to keep going.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;He knows every time I get in a seat like this, I&rsquo;m going to give glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Saints LB <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/demario__davis?\">@demario__davis<\/a> gives glory to God in an appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio and FS1. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vIc7izgegy\">pic.twitter.com\/vIc7izgegy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Spectrum (@Sports_Spectrum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sports_Spectrum\/status\/1823347950384279714?\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  &ldquo;Because it&rsquo;s Him that is &hellip; extending my platform, because He knows what I&rsquo;m going to do with it. He knows that every time I get in a seat like this, I&rsquo;m going to give glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I&rsquo;m going to say it&rsquo;s because of Him that I&rsquo;m here,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to add that, when he was back with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cleveland-browns-owner-jimmy-haslam-federal-investigation-bribery-claims-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> in 2017, he was ready to give up.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I said, &lsquo;Man, God, my body is broke down. My mind is broke down. I can&rsquo;t do it anymore. But if You want me to go forward, I&rsquo;ll keep going.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I&rsquo;m praying this, and God literally spoke to me internally, and was just like, &lsquo;I got it. You wave the white flag, I got it from here.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I can&rsquo;t help but to use this platform to continue to give Him Glory every time. It&rsquo;s not like a front for me, it&rsquo;s not like a T-shirt, it&rsquo;s not like a chain for me, it&rsquo;s not like earrings with crosses on them, It&rsquo;s not like I&rsquo;m just trying to have a brand of Jesus Christ &hellip; it&rsquo;s my life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Full segment here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Demario Davis on picking off Tom Brady, prep for Saints, Sean Payton, keys to success l THE HERD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9QPcF-3Gp7U?start=895&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>That&rsquo;ll be the greatest two minutes you&rsquo;ll see on network television today, if not on sports television&nbsp;<em>period.&nbsp;<\/em>And, for what it&rsquo;s worth, credit to Cowherd to letting him talk about it without interruption.<\/p>\n<p>This is a rare kind of faith in 2024. We&rsquo;ve gotten performative about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gold-medalist-s-prayer-offers-god-every-single-race-real-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">service to the Lord and proper vocation<\/a>. And, yes, while we shouldn&rsquo;t judge others while we watch on TV, sometimes it&nbsp;<em>does<\/em> feel like it&rsquo;s about the T-shirts or the earrings.<\/p>\n<p>To put everything in the Lord and to hear His voice tell you to essentially surrender to His will isn&rsquo;t an immature kind of faith. It&rsquo;s the sort of thing that takes supreme confidence in Him, particularly when your job involves putting your body on the line for a team that&rsquo;s not predicted to go to the Super Bowl any time in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Demario Davis has it. If he can &mdash; and can leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/baker-mayfield-escalates-feud-colin-cowherd-fact-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colin Cowherd<\/a> absolutely silent as he talks about this faith &mdash; then those of us watching from home have no excuse.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, during a recent episode of Cowherd&#8217;s Fox Sports 1 show, New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis managed to do just that with his heartfelt praise for God. When asked about his plans for retirement, Davis expressed that he is still playing because &#8220;God has not finished what He\u2019s doing with me in the game yet,&#8221; and he intends to continue as long as God guides him.<\/p>\n<p>At 35 years old and having played over a decade in the NFL, Davis has achieved significant accolades including two Pro Bowl selections in 2022 and 2023. Despite being part of the Saints since 2018, the team hasn&#8217;t made much progress toward becoming contenders after finishing last season with a disappointing 9-8 record.<\/p>\n<p>Cowherd acknowledged Davis&#8217;s impressive performance in his thirteenth year as a linebacker and probed him about what would lead him to retire if the team isn&#8217;t winning. In response, Davis highlighted that it all comes down to &#8220;identity and knowing who you are.&#8221; He reflected on how blessed he feels to have played longer than expected and how football has allowed him to secure his family&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Davis emphasized that his continued presence on the field is due to God&#8217;s plan for him: \u201cIt\u2019s because God has not done what He\u2019s doing with me in the game yet.\u201d He also shared an experience from when he was with the Cleveland Browns in 2017 when he felt ready to give up but received reassurance from God that he should keep going.<\/p>\n<p>He passionately stated that using his platform for glorifying God is genuine for him; it&#8217;s not merely an act or branding but an integral part of who he is. The segment concluded by noting how rare such open expressions of faith are today, especially within professional sports. If Demario Davis can speak so boldly about his faith without interruption from Cowherd, then viewers at home have no reason not to reflect on their own beliefs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2326263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/d-davis.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38441,38439,38440,13674,7215],"class_list":["post-2326262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colin-cowherd","tag-demario-davis","tag-fox-sports","tag-gospel","tag-nfl"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/d-davis.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}