Patspsycho

Would it still have been a flubbed kickoff if it had been on the 35 yard line instead of the 20? I don't think so. If you look at the highlights you'll see the flub comes because the kicker tried too hard.

Satchboogie3

It's a stupid rule. You shouldn't get penalized in-game for taunting/celebrating/etc (so long as it isn't actual fighting!). Could you imagine a Homerun getting waved off or someone lose an at-bat because they took too long watching their Homer soar over the fence? It's retarded. Those things are supposed to get corrected by the PLAYERS, not officials. If the league has a problem with more aggressive offenses, fine them and/or kick them out of the game (or perhaps force to sit out a possession or something) if it's actually physical.

It's entertainment for crying out loud.

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RayClay

There you go

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I think his haircut is just fine. I distinctly remember Belichick answering a question about 5 years ago in an interview about the connection between hair length and self-discipline. His response was that there was no relationship. He offered that some of the laziest, most unmotivated and least-disciplined players he ever coached were clean-cut in appearance and that the opposite was true, as well. His message was that any attempt to come to an accurate conclusion about a player's commitment, attitude and self-discipline based upon his appearance was a fool's errand. I don't think you're making that connection, either, just to be clear. But, I heard people around me recently claiming that Brady's played better since he cut his hair. Sure, he really sucked last year being the first unanimous MVP in NFL history.

pwes

He called it 'Splitting the defense'

Patspsycho

What he actually got penalized for was not celebrating but initiating a gesture that imitated a gun, e.g., "pulling out an imaginary gun." The league has been adamant about such gestures and reminds everyone on a yearly basis.

Nikolai

Pure conjecture. Four things happened which helped the Jest to score the late touchdown:

1. Penalty to start the kickoff at the 20
2. Flubbed kick - Had he kicked it properly, could the Jest have done it so easily?
3. Poor defense - Had the Bills put up some kind of resistance, could the Jest have done it?
4. Execution of the offense - If Sanchez Sanchezed a ball into the ground or into hands of a cornerback, could the Jest have done it?

Three pretty important football parts of the game had to occur between the celebration and the TD for it to happen. That's a pretty wide degree of separation. It seems of all of those things listed above, that the penalty had the least to do with what happened, but we've all found the scapegoat and fixed the blame.

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Brother Green gets well deserved Style Points for the simplicity and respect of shaking Brother Thomas's hand, but to imply, by exclusion, that any other celebration rends the celebrator less than a professional is a Fail.

But I applaud you for pointing it out, sir.

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zoostation

Hernandez is not 'making it rain' he's actually simulating throwing money into the crowd

he gets on 1 knee and dial the safe
pulls the safe door open
pulls out the cash while standing up
and then throws it into the crowd

on one TD he actually did the same thing but instead the $ was buried and he did the shovel motion to dig it up and then threw it into the crowd.

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zoostation

Lol...stepping out of shower?? I loved that too.

He did that when he beat double coverage deep. Split the defensive backs.

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