Defensive turnovers/endzone celebrations

[I'm Spartacus]

I know it's been discussed, and mods delete if you see fit. These defensive interceptions and fumble recoveries with endzone celebrations are getting out of hand! C'mon man...enough already. To me it's the same as delay of game, taunting or unsportsmanlike conduct. Too much look at me stuff. What do ya'll think?

[NoSaint]

I’m surprised a man this old can use the internet. 

[LabattBlue]

5 minutes ago, I'm Spartacus said:

I know it's been discussed, and mods delete if you see fit. These defensive interceptions and fumble recoveries with endzone celebrations are getting out of hand! C'mon man...enough already. To me it's the same as delay of game, taunting or unsportsmanlike conduct. Too much look at me stuff. What do ya'll think?

I agree.  You can’t look at your opponent after tackling him, but 10-15 guys can run all the way to the opposite end zone after a turnover. 

[I'm Spartacus]

Not sure my age (64) has anything to do with the topic but I'm sick of seeing this crap. Remember when Thurman would score and just hand the ref the ball? Act like you've been there before.

[Gambit]

13 minutes ago, I'm Spartacus said:

I know it's been discussed, and mods delete if you see fit. These defensive interceptions and fumble recoveries with endzone celebrations are getting out of hand! C'mon man...enough already. To me it's the same as delay of game, taunting or unsportsmanlike conduct. Too much look at me stuff. What do ya'll think?

Shame on them for wanting to celebrate a huge play! Lordy, if it bothers you that much, just change the channel.

[JoshAllin]

It's kinda annoying at this point, the celebrations look all the same to me. "Hey lets all run to the endzone and pose for the camera"

[US Egg]

LB's and DB's now regularly act like it's a great play when making a tackle after a five yard gain on 1st&10 or 2nd&6 type situations.

[Gugny]

47 minutes ago, I'm Spartacus said:

Not sure my age (64) has anything to do with the topic but I'm sick of seeing this crap. Remember when Thurman would score and just hand the ref the ball? Act like you've been there before.

 

Perhaps that's why Thurman never hoisted a Lombardi Trophy.

 

Let them have fun on the field instead of having too much fun off the field.  It's a game.

[Jauronimo]

1 hour ago, I'm Spartacus said:

Not sure my age (64) has anything to do with the topic but I'm sick of seeing this crap. Remember when Thurman would score and just hand the ref the ball? Act like you've been there before.

Emotion has no place in football.  It used to be a man's game! Now its spirit week at cheerleading camp.  

[1ManRaid]

This will be first the first and only time I ever say this with a straight face and in all seriousness. 

 

Ok boomer.

[Not at the table Karlos]

5 hours ago, I'm Spartacus said:

Not sure my age (64) has anything to do with the topic but I'm sick of seeing this crap. Remember when Thurman would score and just hand the ref the ball? Act like you've been there before.

Get off my lawn 

5 hours ago, motorj said:

It's kinda annoying at this point, the celebrations look all the same to me. "Hey lets all run to the endzone and pose for the camera"

Blame whoever put the camera there for that specific purpose. 

[streetkings01]

It’s 2021 not 1991

Edited December 3, 2021 by streetkings01

[BritBill]

I don't mind it. But I do have a chuckle when teams do it when they're down by 17 in the third quarter. 

[wakingfane]

I agree.. because it's usually not spontaneous anymore or even emotional really. It's almost mandatory when there's an interception now, to start jogging toward the end zone looking around like, "okay... Are my boys with me? Huh? Huh? We doin this end zone thing? Okay! Yeah, we're doin it, yeah, let's go!"

[Clyde Smith]

Get off my lawn!!

[Patrick Duffy]

8 hours ago, motorj said:

It's kinda annoying at this point, the celebrations look all the same to me. "Hey lets all run to the endzone and pose for the camera"

Yeah the days of mocking Plexico Burress getting shot and mimicking a dog pissing on the goal post are long gone

[PetermansRedemption]

Agree. It’s gotten old and stale at this point. As someone else mentioned, it’s all the same. Run to the end zone and pose for the camera. Also find it odd that with the emphasis on taunting this isn’t considered over the top. 

[LV Bills fan]

  Yeah this one has been going on for about 5 years now. Time to come up with something new fellas.

   Maybe like a thick gold chain they can put around the neck of the intercepting player on the sideline?

[BuffaloBillyG]

Time and a place for everything. 

 

If a guy makes a game winning/sealing INT...sure. Run all over. Line up and do all the dances from Cats. Who cares...ya earned it.

 

I've also seen this happens multiple times when a team is down 20 with 8 minutes left. As a fan just makes me think "Wow, sure have a lot of energy left after getting your butt handed to ya." This isn't anything new though. Mark Gastineau made a career of celebrating meaningless sacks with his team down big.

[Bookie Man]

I'm not against celebrating, but I find it kind of lame. All these dudes running all the way down the field to flex into come camera. Reminds me of when me and my friends were just some 13 year old dorks, flexing in the mirror after gym class or something. 😆

[Your Brown Eye]

[Blainorama5]

1 hour ago, Clyde Smith said:

Get off my lawn!!

[RyanC883]

3 hours ago, BritBill said:

I don't mind it. But I do have a chuckle when teams do it when they're down by 17 in the third quarter. 

 

it's ridiculous when your team is losing.  I'm fine with it if it's a big play and your winning, or it's a tide-turning play in a game- but what the heck are you celebrating if your getting crushed.  Still a team game.  

[I'm Spartacus]

10 hours ago, Gambit said:

Shame on them for wanting to celebrate a huge play! Lordy, if it bothers you that much, just change the channel.

It doesn't bother me enough to want to change the channel, it just looks pretty lame.

[BillsPride12]

My only complaint is that this celebration is way more annoying than all of the ones they have banned.  Stupid NFL.  

[JohnBonhamRocks]

I’m leaning more in the other direction.
 

The NFL is at the end of the day in the business of not just football but entertainment. Let them do backflips and point and glare at whoever so long as they aren’t hurting anyone. Build up rivalries. I do kind of miss waiting for things like a hidden sharpie or other creative, well-thought out celebrations. These guys give their bodies to make crazy plays, so why not let them celebrate to the max?

 

I will say while I hold the above view that I think if the NFL did allow more extreme celebrations it would make those who do act like they’ve been there 100x before look even cooler. 

[Ned Flanders]

22 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

it's ridiculous when your team is losing.  I'm fine with it if it's a big play and your winning, or it's a tide-turning play in a game- but what the heck are you celebrating if your getting crushed.  Still a team game.  

That's my problem with it...Saints did it last week when they were losing by 10 points.  

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

10 hours ago, I'm Spartacus said:

I know it's been discussed, and mods delete if you see fit. These defensive interceptions and fumble recoveries with endzone celebrations are getting out of hand! C'mon man...enough already. To me it's the same as delay of game, taunting or unsportsmanlike conduct. Too much look at me stuff. What do ya'll think?

i will say that it doesn’t really jive with their new emphasis against taunting. 
 

i can’t think of a more blatant form of taunting than having your entire team

run Up and Down the field, and then proceed to do a choreographed celebration. 
 

But I guess so long as they are diverting their direct gaze from the opponent players, it’s okay?! 🤔

[Blainorama5]

2 minutes ago, Ned Flanders said:

That's my problem with it...Saints did it last week when they were losing by 10 points.  

Agreed.  That was kind of ridiculous timing.

[RoyBatty is alive]

One the one hand you have to be very very careful not to " taunt" but at the same time half the team can run down to some TV camera or end zone and break out in an over the top celebrations.  

[muppy]

lol I don't mind a "Fun Police" thread. That's his opinion and I respect it. But I wouldn't be a fan of a "No Fun League" either...Act like you've been there is one way to look at it as a player...but a bit of showboating? Yeah I like it. Its a business but for them it can be a fun business too. express themselves after success Im a fan.

 

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Just now, RoyBatty is alive said:

One the one hand you have to be very very careful not to " taunt" but at the same time half the team can run down to some TV camera or end zone and break out in an over the top celebrations.  

excellent point. 

[WhoTom]

18 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

i will say that it doesn’t really jive with their new emphasis against taunting. 
 

i can’t think of a more blatant form of taunting than having your entire team

run Up and Down the field, and then proceed to do a choreographed celebration. 
 

But I guess so long as they are diverting their direct gaze from the opponent players, it’s okay?! 🤔

 

That's the distinction. An end-zone celebration says to the crowd, "Look what I did!" A taunt says to the opposing player, "YOU got torched."

 

Taunts tend to provoke punches or shoves, and that's what they're trying to avoid with the taunting calls.

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

6 minutes ago, WhoTom said:

 

That's the distinction. An end-zone celebration says to the crowd, "Look what I did!" A taunt says to the opposing player, "YOU got torched."

 

Taunts tend to provoke punches or shoves, and that's what they're trying to avoid with the taunting calls.

 

 

whats funny about that is the rationale by the coaches and competition committee is that they want to be good role models and teach kids how to act. These fine distinctions between taunting directed at an opponent and over the top celebrations don’t really accomplish that. In fact, at away games, aren’t these celebrations basically just taunting the crowd— not something that should be modeled to kids. 

 

[JohnBonhamRocks]

12 minutes ago, WhoTom said:

 

That's the distinction. An end-zone celebration says to the crowd, "Look what I did!" A taunt says to the opposing player, "YOU got torched."

 

Taunts tend to provoke punches or shoves, and that's what they're trying to avoid with the taunting calls.

 

 

My response to that would be “OK then penalize the punches and shoves more severely”.
 

I’d rather see a guy sit a month for throwing a punch than a game turn because a guy makes a play and gets a penalty after he glares at a sideline. 

[Marcus Aurelius]

11 hours ago, NoSaint said:

I’m surprised a man this old can use the internet. 

Old man here with Electrical engineering degree and masters in Computer science  ...

Hate to break it to you weiners, but it was my generation who worked on ARPANET. I in particular developed TCP/IP protocol routines so you you could enjoy your porn, video games and social media on your beloved internet.

[I'm Spartacus]

6 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

Old man here with Electrical engineering degree and masters in Computer science  ...

Hate to break it to you weiners, but it was my generation who worked on ARPANET. I in particular developed TCP/IP protocol routines so you you could enjoy your porn, video games and social media on your beloved internet.

Touche!

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

35 minutes ago, JohnBonhamRocks said:

My response to that would be “OK then penalize the punches and shoves more severely”.
 

I’d rather see a guy sit a month for throwing a punch than a game turn because a guy makes a play and gets a penalty after he glares at a sideline. 

I would just fine guys. Don’t throw flags. 

[RoyBatty is alive]

7 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I would just fine guys. Don’t throw flags. 

Fines to most NFL players are so small they are immaterial, it wont stop fights erupting IMO.  Throwing a flag is a serious deterrent, that hurts your team and players would be more careful,

[frostbitmic]

I'm beginning to expect this after a 1st Q FG... It is Christmas season so, maybe this week

 

 

[Mark Vader]

11 hours ago, I am the egg man said:

LB's and DB's now regularly act like it's a great play when making a tackle after a five yard gain on 1st&10 or 2nd&6 type situations.

Yes!

 

To me this is far more ridiculous than the turnover celebrations.

 

Oh great, you made a tackle. You did what you were supposed to do. What do you want a 5 year $100 million contract for that?

 

Get back in the damn huddle!