NFL players are among those reacting to NBA players and teams boycotting playoff games after the Jacob Blake shooting.

The Milwaukee Bucks announced that they would be boycotting game 5 of their playoff series against the Orlando Magic.

They are doing this in light of everything happening at the moment. Mainly, the social and civil injustice following another black shooting at the hands of the police. This time, in the form of Jacob Blake.

NFL stars around the league took to Twitter to express their feelings on the matter, and the NFL on ESPN account grabbed a few of those reactions in one tweet.

The tweet features Tyrann Mathieu of the Kansas City Chiefs, Kenny Stills of the Houston Texans, Jason McCourty and Devin McCourty of the New England Patriots and current NFL free agent Dez Bryant.

All of those stars seem to be very much behind the actions taken by the Bucks.

Mathieu talks about how he is fed up and how he feels “we cannot be happy for self when our communities are suffering and folks are dying”. He also brings up the tragic murder of George Floyd and how there have “been at least 20 other police shootings” since then.

Stills says that the NBA is “showing us how it’s done.” And he then talks about needing to connect with local activists to help formulate demands. Clearly, Stills is talking about getting social and civil equalities and peace, which is something that many NFL and NBA players have pushed for.

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The McCourty twins have a joint twitter account. On their page, they gave respect to the Bucks’ locker room and were proud of them for taking a stand for “what they believe in and for justice!”

Finally, Bryant went the simple route. He sent the Bucks account the praying hands emoji. While it might be short and simple, it is powerful all the same. Bryant seems to be impressed with their move and stands in solidarity with them.

Expect to hear a lot more NFL players and superstars in all sports speak out on the issue. And don’t be surprised if more teams decide to go the route of boycotting games like the Bucks (or practice like the Detroit Lions did on Tuesday).