The Raiders ended Brock Bowers’ media availability after questions about Donald Trump’s TD celebration

On November 19, 2024By Littum

Despite a 34-19 blowout loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers was a bright spot. The young playmaker caught 13 passes for 129 yards and a touchdown. But after he scored said touchdown, Bowers mimed one of President-elect Donald Trump’s dances in the end zone to celebrate.

In the locker room after the game, Bowers was asked about the sequence.

According to USA TODAY reporter Safid Deen, Bowers said he was just copying people he had seen do it before, notably UFC fighter Jon Jones. Bowers said he thought the celebration was “cool” and wanted to do it himself.

Asked Brock Bowers about his Trump TD celly: “I’ve seen everybody do it. I watched the UFC fight last night and Jon Jones did it. I like watching the UFC, so I saw it and thought it was cool .”

Raiders PR ended its postgame availability after my question.

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— Safid Deen (@Safid_Deen) 17 November 2024

What’s particularly strange about this is that, according to Deen, the Raiders cut off Bowers’ locker room availability after this question. Why would they do that? Were they afraid of possible follow-ups to Bowers’ first explanation? It’s probably not the ideal way to cut off any potential controversy.

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