Las Vegas Raiders tight end John Samuel Shenker catches the football while warming up for an NFL preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 26, 2023, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.(AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Tight end John Samuel Shenker is back in the NFL, and it’s not with the Las Vegas Raiders this time.
The Arizona Cardinals announced the signing of the Auburn alumnus for their practice squad as part of a set of personnel moves involving tight ends on Wednesday.
The Cardinals also placed tight end Geoff Swaim on injured reserve and signed tight end Travis Vokolek off the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad on Wednesday.
Signed by the Raiders as an undrafted rookie in May, Shenker was waived at the end of the preseason when Las Vegas reduced its active roster to the regular-season limit of 53 players.
The Raiders brought Shenker right back, though, as a member of their practice squad.
After Shenker spent the first four weeks of the season on the practice squad, Las Vegas released him on Oct. 5.
On Oct. 18, the Raiders re-signed Shenker for the practice squad. But he was released again on Oct. 24.
In five seasons at Auburn, Shenker set a school record by playing in 62 games, and he also became the Tigers’ career leader for receptions by a tight end with 68 for 779 yards and three touchdowns.
Shenker joins a former Auburn teammate in Arizona. Owen Pappoe is an inside linebacker for the Cardinals who has seen most of his action during his rookie season on special teams.
Travis Kelce cheekily moons Raiders fans heckling him during Chiefs game
Travis Kelce had a cheeky response to rowdy Raiders fans after they started heckling him ahead of a Kansas City Chiefs’ game against the Las Vegas franchise.
Travis Kelce reacts to ‘Brads and Chads’ booing ‘amazing’ Taylor Swift at Patriots game
While Kelce, 34, was standing in the end zone during pre-game warm-ups, several fans began yelling, “[Patrick] Mahomes is a frog” and “Kelce doesn’t block.”
Instead of chirping back, Kelce took a different approach, pulling his pants down to moon the hecklers, per a video posted on TikTok.
Although the now-viral clip cut off shortly after the gesture, Kelce seemingly turned to look at the crowd afterward — yet it’s unclear if any words were exchanged.
Travis Kelce pulled down his pants to moon Las Vegas Raiders fans after they started heckling him. timbaranek/Instagram
Without hesitation, the NFL star untied his pants to expose his underwear. timbaranek/InstagramAt this time, it’s unclear whether the incident happened ahead of the Chiefs’ Nov. 26 game against the Raiders or from years prior.
If it was the Nov. 26 game, Taylor Swift wasn’t there to catch the view despite now regularly attending her boyfriend’s games.
Although the 12-time Grammy winner didn’t make the trek to Vegas last month, she did show up to the Chiefs’ most recent game against the New England Patriots, where she received a lukewarm welcome.
The “Cruel Summer” singer received an onslaught of boos from football fans as the jumbotron panned to her sitting in a suite alongside her father and new BFF Brittany Mahomes.
However, the billionaire — who sold out Gillette Stadium three nights in a row over the summer — laughed off the jeers and continued chatting with those around her.
Kelce, who bent over for the full effect, then quickly pulled his pants back up. timbaranek/Instagram“There might have been a few Brads and Chads that were booing. But for the most part, everyone was f–king screaming their tail off for her.”
Kelce joked that while, he too, wanted to cheer for the “Anti-Hero” singer, he tried to “keep it cool” and not “show [his] cards.”
“Just shows you how amazing that girl is,” he gushed. “They went absolutely insane when they showed Taylor on the screen.”
The teams are set to face off again on Monday — yet only time will tell if we will be getting another look at Kelce’s tight end. Getty Images
While Swift couldn’t catch the Chiefs last game against the Raiders, she is expected to be in the crowd at their rematch on Monday.
An insider told Page Six earlier this week that the “All Too Well” singer will be spending both Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve with the NFL star since he is scheduled to work on both days.
“She’ll for sure be at the games,” the source told us.
