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Raiders' Brock Bowers and other NFL players celebrate TDs with Trump-inspired dance moves

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November 18, 2024

The Trump dance is becoming a trend around the NFL.

Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley and Lions defensive end Zaโ€™Darius Smith followed Nick Bosaโ€™s lead and celebrated big plays on Sunday with dance moves inspired by President-elect Donald Trump.

Bowers had 13 catches for 126 yards and a touchdown for Las Vegas in a 34-19 loss at Miami. The rookie shook his arms and swayed his hips like Trump after a 23-yard catch-and-run TD.

โ€œIโ€™ve seen everyone do it,โ€ Bowers told USA Today following the game. โ€œI watched the UFC fight (Saturday) night and Jon Jones did it. I like watching UFC so I saw it, and thought it was cool.โ€

The Raiders didnโ€™t include Bowersโ€™ postgame availability with their other postgame videos. His comment on Trump dance wasnโ€™t included in transcripts provided by the team.

Jones celebrated his victory over Stipe Miocic on Saturday night with the Trump dance. He then pointed to Trump seated ringside at Madison Square Garden and gave him a thumbs-up.

Ridley did the herky-jerky dance while celebrating along with teammate Nick Westbrook-Ikhine during Tennesseeโ€™s 23-13 loss to Minnesota.

Smith and Malcolm Rodriguez busted it out after a sack in the fourth quarter of Detroitโ€™s 52-6 rout of Jacksonville.

Bosa, the San Francisco 49ers star defensive end, was fined $11,255 by the NFL for wearing a โ€œMake America Great Againโ€ hat during a postgame television interview. The hat violated the leagueโ€™s NFL uniform and equipment rules. Bosa crashed a television interview that included quarterback Brock Purdy during NBCโ€™s postgame coverage of the Ninersโ€™ win over the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 27 and pointed to the pro-Trump hat.

Last week, Bosa celebrated a sack during San Franciscoโ€™s victory over Tampa Bay by doing the Trump dance with teammates.

College players have been doing it for weeks and itโ€™s gone international. Players from the English soccer club Barnsley celebrated a goal with the Trump dance.

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