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While he isn't allowed to wear a "Make America Great Again" hat on television during games, San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa paid homage to Donald Trump with a special sack dance in Sunday's win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After taking down Baker Mayfield on Sunday, Bosa and some teammates started shaking their hands the way Trump does when he's grooving on stage. But it may not have even been Bosa's idea.
Appearing on KNBR 680 for a radio spot, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan credited fellow pass rusher Leonard Floyd for coming up with the dance. Shanahan said that Floyd started doing it, then Bosa and finally Sam Okuayinonu with Floyd egging them on. “It was actually Leonard Floyd’s idea, and if you watch them, when Bosa got the sack Leonard Floyd started doing it and then Trump did it, I mean Bosa did it, then Sam O did it, and then Fred came in at the end and did it.
Leonard egged them all on, and then they followed, and it was pretty cool to see.” Kyle Shanahan thought Nick Bosa’s Donald Trump dance was cool to see: “It was actually Leonard Floyd’s idea, and if you watch them, when Bosa got the sack Leonard Floyd started doing it and then Trump did it, I mean Bosa did it, then Sam O did it, and then Fred came in at the..
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com/E1luzn5cN3 Some fans took the dance as a sign that the team is united in bonds of friendship, others thought it was just plain funny: "I love this because it should show everyone how close this team is. There are a lot of (expletive) up people saying Bosa is a racist and have been saying it for years. Most of these people are just awful humans.
It’s great to see the team be united," one user replied. Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images "Pretty cool to see," wrote another. "Best interview yet, Kyle doesn’t need to pretend he doesn’t know the Trump dance.
Freudian slip with that Trump Bosa mixup," a third wrote. The NFL certainly won't be able to fine Bosa and the others for a sack dance. Not now anyway.
Related: Donald Trump Has 6-Word Reaction To Nick Bosa's Celebration.
