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'SNL' Reacts To The NFL's Domestic Violence Problem In Cold Open

In the first cold open of season 40, “Saturday Night Live” took on the continuing link between violence and the NFL with a tried and true CNN parody.

Kenan Thompson and Jay Pharoah channel Ray Lewis and Shannon Sharpe, respectively, as they attempt to comment on the recent actions of Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, but of course the conversation goes off the rails. Host Chris Pratt makes a cameo as a befuddled Roger Goodell.

Watch the video above and check out Pratt’s opening monologue here.