Jermaine Eluemunor on Social Media Discipline

For Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor, ignoring social media trolls can sometimes be difficult.

Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor is one of the more active Raiders on social media.

Social media is a great way for players and fans to interact with each other like never before. It can also invoke harsh criticism from fans who have the ability to directly address players when they are upset with their performance.

Some players will ignore those kinds of comments, but Eluemunor is not afraid to respond to those who send negative remarks his way.

When addressing the media at training camp, Eluemunor spoke about the kind of discipline it takes to ignore trolls on social media.

“It takes a lot,” Eluemunor  said. “Definitely because I don’t like some fans out there. I can’t name the teams, but I just don’t like their fans. Some of them just try to bait me. I’ll be writing something on Twitter and then I’m like: ‘Ah, I probably shouldn’t say that because I know I’m going to hear about it the next day,’ because we have spies on Twitter, I’m not going to say where. There’s a lot of spies on Twitter. So, I have to really hold my tongue. I have a lot of drafts, let’s say that. I made a couple bookmarks last year too. It was 2021 when the Chargers, I think we lost that first game, and they sent out that stupid tweet with the crying emoji. I don’t know what it was. And then we beat them, I said something back and it blew up. Sometimes I forget how much power players have on social media with the fans. And if you say one little thing, it can turn into something huge, and sometimes I forget that, but most times I remember that because I like to really stir the pot. But I kind of, like I said, I’ve cooled down a little bit, especially since I’m about to have a kid, so I’ve got to set a good example. But they’re not going to have Twitter for a while, so I still have a little bit of time left to have fun.” 

Eluemunor understands the consequences of social media, and knows it takes discipline not to respond to trolls who are looking to get a rise out of him. 

The Silver and Black open the preseason by hosting the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT.

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