Players across the NFL celebrated big plays Sunday with dances inspired by President-elect Trump.
Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley and Lions defensive end Za'Darius Smith also followed San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa in doing Trump-inspired dances. celebrated the big play.
rear 23 yard touchdownBowers swung his arms and hips in the end zone, similar to Trump's famous dance.
After the match, he told USA Today He said he's seen “everybody do it.”
“I watched a UFC match. [Saturday] Jon Jones did it that night. “I like watching UFC, so I saw that and thought it was cool,” he said.
The Associated Press pointed out that The Raiders did not include Bowers' postgame appearance in any other video, and his remarks about Trump's dancing were not included in the transcript provided by the team.
On Saturday, Jones celebrated his UFC victory over Stipe Miocic with dance moves and pointed to Trump, who was sitting in the crowd alongside tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Ridley danced while celebrating during the team's game Sunday, and Smith and Malcolm Rodriguez danced after being sacked against Jacksonville.
Earlier this season, Bosa was fined more than $11,000 by the NFL for wearing a MAGA hat during a postgame interview. This violated the NFL's rules on political speech, and Bosa said he was willing to be fined. He then celebrated the sack by doing a Trump dance.
College players have been making this move for weeks, and now it's gone international, the Associated Press noted.
