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The Las Vegas Raiders locked swords with the San Francisco 49ers in what will arguably go down as the most exciting preseason game of 2024. The game ended with a tied scoreline of 24-24 but fans that made the trip to Sin City were treated to same Grade A football last night.
While there was chaos and entertainment on the field, there was some controversy brewing off the field as images emerged of Raiders duo Maxx Crosby and Gardner Minshew posing with Donald Trump.
"Nevada is Trump Country," the former U.S. President's campaign advisor wrote in a post featuring the Raiders duo.
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Crosby and Minshew's meeting with Trump didn't win them too many plaudits with several Raiders fans making their complaints known on social media.
Raiders fans get vocal about Maxx Crosby, Gardner Minshew's Donald Trump meet
Here's what Raiders fans had to say about the pair:
"I wonder how much they all got paid," one fan remarked.
"Hope they’re ready to donate their entire checks to his legal team like all his other supporters," another wrote.
"Al Davis would have cut them," a third wrote.
This isn't Crosby's first brush with Trump. After the assassination attempt on the former United States president in the middle of July, the Raiders star dubbed Trump as the GOAT on social media.
All in all, Trump had an eventful evening in Nevada after his former opponent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave him his endorsement, ending his run as an independent candidate in the forthcoming election,
Raiders make firm decision on QB depth chart
The Raiders were one of the few teams with a QB situation in flux heading into the 2024 season. Out went Jimmy Garoppolo, who landed with the Los Angeles Rams as a backup. In cam Gardner Minshew to battle it out with Aidan O'Connell for the starting job.
Despite neither quarterback impressing all that much in preseason, head coach Antonio Pierce made a decision after Week 2 of preseason, naming Gardner Minshew as QB1 on the depth chart.
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