USA Today reporter Safid Deen wrote on X that after he asked Bowers about his political touchdown celebration, the team’s PR crew cut off Bowers’ postgame availability. What’s more, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reported that the team appeared to scrub the moment from video, and a transcript didn’t include the question or the answer either.

After an outstanding career at Georgia during which he caught 175 passes for 2,538 yards and 26 touchdowns, Bowers was viewed as a top NFL prospect at tight end. The Raiders made him their first-round pick (No. 13 overall) in the 2024 NFL Draft and he's fulfilled expectations thus far.