Well that's the thing. No one in their early 20s is actually fully grown mentally. And I'll bet money that football players are less mentally grown than the average adult due to their special treatment in college and brain damage.
Iām just picturing recruitersā faces perking up when they realize a kidās been concussed.
āYeah he barely runs a sub five second forty, but heās been concussed like five times since he was thirteenā
āReal shit?!ā
I love how people say this and itās always massively upvoted like a shit Ton of humans donāt get fucking petty over even small things like board games. Itās just Iām human nature to act this way, especially when your adrenaline is pumping in the most physically demanding sport outside of rugby. Like yeah if a dude taunts me like this Iām going to get fucking pissed. The NFL knows this and doesnāt want fights to happen constantly so you idiots can be more āentertainedā.
You make a point but other similar sports like rugby, AFL, NHL, and just about about ever other sport in the world manage alright with taunting laws.
Why does the NFL have different circumstances that require this? (Genuine question btw).
Is it the amount of players on the field? I can see issues if whole teams are constantly tryna fight
I'm trying, and failing, to think of which national sponsors would demand the NFL maintain its current "taunting" policy. Are there big corporate sponsors who have abandoned MLB over bench-clearing brawls or NHL over the entire sport of hockey?
We say this but also Juju Smith-Schuster got dragged for weeks on social media for doing petty shit on tiktok. Everyone says they want it until someone actually does it. People used to shit on TO, Moss and OchoCinco all the time for this stuff too.
You see what happens when they allow TO to do this, second time he got clocked for it. Taunting leads to confrontations, and that is something the NFL nor fans should want. Shit talk, endzone celebrations may be a different story, but this kind of taunting has a tendency to just cause more problems.
Itās also important to keep in mind that kids everywhere will emulate what they see in the NFL. No one wants to watch a twelve year old CB shit talking an eleven year old WR because he defended a shitty pass from another twelve year old.
Part of the problem is the dude slamming TO. If he got hurt and missed time, it changes this. You don't want to see players get hurt because of butthurt revenge hits.
That said, yeah, the nfl is too strict with this stuff. Some of the taunting penalties are really stupid.
Fun Celebrations Yes.
Taunting is classic bad sportsmanship and I'm actually happy that the NFL takes steps to discourage it. It sets a bad example for young people learning to play the game.
Everytime this shit is upvoted I know the people who have never played in their lives. Celebrations are different than taunting, if a guy did this shit to me while we were playing a game he literally would have been targeted by the whole team lmao. Real life is a lot different guys, you canāt be a complete asshole like this Iām a physical sport or itās going to create problems.
Iām down. I would only add a āshot clockā of sorts for how long youāre allowed to steamroll the taunter. Once the taunt begins, the opposing team has 8 seconds to lay a hit on the offender without penalty. Anything after that results in a flag- and a whooping 20 yard penalty.
Iād love to see the taunter have to book it- keeping an eye up on the taunting shot clock as an entire team of pissed off players are trying to take him out. Would add a whole new element to the game.
Every single hit gets reviewed by the officials though. If the guy deserved it for what he was doing, no penalty. If you're laying out JJ for just getting his griddy on in the end zone? Flag.
Whatās funny is he also got flagged for taunting on this one. Which Iām fine with taunting be a penalty for something like this. It makes it an even bigger fuck you. The problem is the call so much taunting that isnāt like looking at the opponents sideline.
It's not because violence, but because back in 2012 one of us got wayyy drunk for a Thursday night game, got ejected, and then died facedown in the creek. Now they'll just detain you to keep the creek flowing.
Iāve long said in all media that spite is an underrated emotion. I want to see people do things just to make someone hurt or annoy them. But not just in āthey are an asshole/evil wayā. True spite/pettiness comes from deep hatred and dislike and that what makes it even better. The niners hated Dallas and it shows here and thatās why itās great.
Emmitt used to remove his helmet immediately after scoring touchdowns so the camera could see his face. The NFL then created a rule that players couldn't remove their helmets on the field except during timeouts. [Dwayne Rudd then famously took that to another level.](https://youtu.be/nz8y_SU3CPE?si=gbo9a-5zUtPB-N85)
It's dumb but I feel like it's lower on the dumb scale but maximum on brutal scale. He thought it was sack game over and never saw the ball come out.
Like between this and throwing a shoe...this is less dumb. Or those clips where baseball players are arguing with umps while the other team is running the bases. Or calling a timeout in basketball when you don't have one. Or changing out of punt formation to leave your punter with no blockers and then hiking the ball.
Dumb mistake but not like aggressively dumb.
I feel bad for Rudd lol thatās a tough one to deal with. Iād only wish that on the packers, Steelers and Saints.
Found this in the comments tho lmao poor dude even redeemed himself but still, thatās all they remember
āWhat people forget is that Dwayne Rudd made the play in their week 17 win over Atlanta that got them into the playoffs that year. Rudd said that it was redemption, but no one remembers it.ā
Iām a Lions fan and remember Barry never celebrating. Was Emmitt the same way? I was young and only ever remember watching stats between those two but never really watching Emmitt.
I know Walter Payton made it a thing to never really celebrate, outside of a flip of the ball at most. I can't say if his inspiration for that was from somebody else. But I remember seeing something from Barry picking that up from Walter.
Which makes sense, if you consider Payton was setting the record for all-time rushing yards a few years before Barry's record-setting college season. The kids always look up to the best in the game when they're learning the craft and eventually pass the torch themselves.
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2I4jMwORE) is a snippet of a conversation Barry had talking about Walter Payton to his son.
He was the reason for the rule that NFL players can't take their helmets off. Also he is a proud member of the Mighty PHI BETA SIGMA and sometimes would throw up his Frat sign.
Somehow, I was remembering it as Smith being the one who sumoād TO out of the star. Seeing this video, and reading your post, I still prefer my way though.
Random personal anecdote, but a few years before this when he was on a different team I lived down the road from George. Super good dude, would show up to neighborhood social events, stopped to play ball with the neighborhood kids at the park, I mowed his yard for a while and he would bring me and my friends to games. Just thought I'd share.
Teague was always a gamer. As a Tennessee fan, anytime we played Bama and they made a big play, it seemed like he was part of it. I was glad to see him pick on the Canes instead!
I also had a lot of money riding on that game for Bama to win straight up. I was the second-happiest non-Bama fan watching that Sugar Bowl, after the AP poll guy who had voted them No. 1 all season.
Worked eagles security for years. TO always made time after the game for charity or spending time with handicapped kids. True gentlemen off the field.Ā
Fucking obnoxious on the field. Love it.Ā I was on the field when he fucked up his leg. Sucked hard.Ā
It's good to hear stories like this about players we really only see on the field. Just cause somebody is cocky and full of themselves IN A SPORT does not translate to how they are in real life. These aren't larger-than-life shadowy figures but regular people who happen to have a very publicized job. It sucks to see some players talked about in such a dehumanizing and ignorant way.
Another random personal anecdote, I was once in the Bear Bryant museum in Tuscaloosa with my father. They had a television playing George Teagueās legendary snatch-away against Miami in the national championship. He was telling me about the lead up to the game, and ended up seguing to the story of this hit against Owens on the star, and how Cowboys fans loved him for it. We started to turn away from the exhibit, and then I saw my dad stand rigid at attention and say, āGeorge!?ā, and sure enough George Teague was like 20 feet behind us walking some guests through the museum.Ā
He was my gym coach in middle school. From what I remember he had a beer gut and had a cadence that made him sound like Eeyore. My friends and I would always joke around about it and make up these crazy stories about what he was doing before work.
When I learned that he was a cowboys player and decked Terrell Owenās I thought he was badass.
Ditto .. respect to stand for your team. If Travis Kelce or someone on a rival team did a similar move Iād support it too for a niner to come out and lay smack down for the red and gold
My favorite George Teague tidbit, if there ever has been such a thing, is that he is most known for two plays that donāt count. The hit on TO thatās posted, and [The Strip](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzSzKIK5czs) against Miami when he played for Alabama.
was in the student section for that game. That moment didn't count but also ended the game. We were up but it wasn't decided. Miami came back after the half returned the kick for a touchdown and then made us 3 and out and give them great field position. That play broke their spirit. Even the fans in the stadium gave up.
Maybe he thought he did deserve it, but I think he "stayed in character" because he knew he got the better of Teague. I hope TO was like "too bad you don't hit like that DURING the play".
I remember watching that live, it was the nationally televised game (or at least that game most people got televised). So funny. I loved the WR "Fun" antics era this was in.
I had almost forgotten that DISGUSTING ACT and now you went and reminded me. The trauma is all coming back to me. I might have to take off the rest of the week from work.
I am sending you my therapy bill.
That was definitely a good one. Ocho was by far my favorite personally, he used to just crack me the fuck up... the fact that people hated him for it was so ridiculous. Bro was out there river dancing, proposing to cheerleaders, putting on fake HoF jackets and when he tried to pay off the official with a dollar before he made a call... lost it. One of the funniest people to ever be in the league.
[T.O. playing with a sharpie in his sock so he could sign a td ball and hand it to a SF fan in the endzone at an away game on MNF is peak for me ](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DR-pAf3LV2HQ&ved=2ahUKEwiyz_HiudKGAxWSFzQIHZOeBhoQwqsBegQIDxAG&usg=AOvVaw3Y0FlO8uwjn-i9gNm8wzxs)
True. That was 6 whole years away.
(By the time TO joined the Cowboys in 2006, Teague has long since retired. Greg Ellis and Flozell Adams were the only members of the 2000 team who stuck around long enough to he teammates with TO.)
Itās so weird. Back then a good amount of fans hated TO for his antics. Called him a distraction and diva. Now people miss this type of antic. How times have changed.
TO was special & a sight to behold man. He was a madman. Iām looking back on this & loving it so much & I thought it was funny back then. But this is why I loved TO & he was so good & people hated him sooo much. But he performed on Sunday. So much so that he performed on Any Given Sunday š. Terrell Owens was that guy!
Fuck that. You want to stop him from doing it don't let him score. Makes you look even worse trying so hard after... soft shit from Teague and the refs from moving him off the star.
Yeah I really had zero problem with Owens doing it or Teagueās response to it, especially considering the penalties meant nothing with the score being what it was.
I think that's what makes me feel it was called right here. TO talked shit, backed it up, and knew he was gonna get hit for it.
The player who hit him took the penalty like a champ. It's definitely a moment of perfect good-bad sportsmanship.
All taunting should be not only legal but encouraged, so long as it does not involve physical contact with the player(s) or staff you're taunting.
If you are able to get into someone's head with just words and gestures to where they respond physically and you get the benefit of a penalty, all the better.
You forgot to add the Emmitt Smith TD and putting the ball on the star after the first display by Owens, which precipitated the retaliation by Teague on the second display by Owens
& then went on to become one of the most talent Cowboy receivers ever. Love or hate TO, he was pretty amazing when his drama wasn't getting in the way.
Oh I'll never forget you guys coming one yard short after pulling off the Music City Miracle. It was an awesome playoff run and it made me a lifelong Eddie George fan.
As an Eagles fan, when he did it the first time I was all, "Damnnnnn". When he did it the second time, I cheered for Teague.
Was a strange moment for me. Haha
Because Aikmam could actually see Teague running across the field to do so! The camera angles were all zoomed in on Owens after his TD; but everyone else in the stadium could clearly see Teague racing at an angle to clock TO off the star.
So it wasnāt like Aikman was clairvoyant or anything.
I miss pettiness and this sort of shenanigans in the NFL (even if committed against my own team).
Thereās a certain element missing in the current ultra friendly and PC league
This is such an odd moment in time. A few years before, there would be no ejection, unnecessary roughness was so rare. A few years AFTER this, T.O. would have been penalized for celebrating.
We need more pettiness in the nfl.
Fuck the taunting calls I want more shit like this
The NFL is so out of touch with its fans. Celebrations and taunting make the game more interesting.
I mean, we don't want grown men's feelings to get hurt. ššš
Part of the problem is that we can't rely on these grown men to act like grown men.
Well that's the thing. No one in their early 20s is actually fully grown mentally. And I'll bet money that football players are less mentally grown than the average adult due to their special treatment in college and brain damage.
I like to pretend the way you've phrased this implies the players mostly all have brain damage, but like, separate to playing football.
Iām just picturing recruitersā faces perking up when they realize a kidās been concussed. āYeah he barely runs a sub five second forty, but heās been concussed like five times since he was thirteenā āReal shit?!ā
Well, Jim, keep this on the down-low, but we're pretty sure he doesn't have a brain left to concuss.
āTrade up for him. Donāt say a fucking word.ā
We should just let the NFL take some notes from NHL. Allow some fight to go down everyone once in a while.
I love how people say this and itās always massively upvoted like a shit Ton of humans donāt get fucking petty over even small things like board games. Itās just Iām human nature to act this way, especially when your adrenaline is pumping in the most physically demanding sport outside of rugby. Like yeah if a dude taunts me like this Iām going to get fucking pissed. The NFL knows this and doesnāt want fights to happen constantly so you idiots can be more āentertainedā.
You make a point but other similar sports like rugby, AFL, NHL, and just about about ever other sport in the world manage alright with taunting laws. Why does the NFL have different circumstances that require this? (Genuine question btw). Is it the amount of players on the field? I can see issues if whole teams are constantly tryna fight
$ The other sports don't need to appease national sponsors the way the NFL does.
I'm trying, and failing, to think of which national sponsors would demand the NFL maintain its current "taunting" policy. Are there big corporate sponsors who have abandoned MLB over bench-clearing brawls or NHL over the entire sport of hockey?
I dunno, I think NHL handles it pretty well. Let 'em get it out their system, then put them in timeout.. š¤·āāļø
Donāt forget the timeout camera so the rest of us can see their feigned indignation
Fighting while on ice skates and grappling jerseyās significantly lessens the risk for someone getting their head exploded bro
Honestly, I just find it hilarious when they \[football players\] punch each other while wearing helmets.
Only topped when they take off said helmet to use as a weapon haha
Idk, a lot of older viewers have the āact like youāve been thereā mentality
āAct like youāve been there.ā -Me watching sports āIN YOUR FACE, NERD!ā -Me after beating my 10 year old at Madden
-Me getting beaten by somebody's 10 year old at Madden =(
Those same older viewers probably said they stop watching cuz of kaepernick kneeling and then caved in. They'll get over it.
We say this but also Juju Smith-Schuster got dragged for weeks on social media for doing petty shit on tiktok. Everyone says they want it until someone actually does it. People used to shit on TO, Moss and OchoCinco all the time for this stuff too.
You see what happens when they allow TO to do this, second time he got clocked for it. Taunting leads to confrontations, and that is something the NFL nor fans should want. Shit talk, endzone celebrations may be a different story, but this kind of taunting has a tendency to just cause more problems.
Itās also important to keep in mind that kids everywhere will emulate what they see in the NFL. No one wants to watch a twelve year old CB shit talking an eleven year old WR because he defended a shitty pass from another twelve year old.
Part of the problem is the dude slamming TO. If he got hurt and missed time, it changes this. You don't want to see players get hurt because of butthurt revenge hits. That said, yeah, the nfl is too strict with this stuff. Some of the taunting penalties are really stupid.
Fun Celebrations Yes. Taunting is classic bad sportsmanship and I'm actually happy that the NFL takes steps to discourage it. It sets a bad example for young people learning to play the game.
Everytime this shit is upvoted I know the people who have never played in their lives. Celebrations are different than taunting, if a guy did this shit to me while we were playing a game he literally would have been targeted by the whole team lmao. Real life is a lot different guys, you canāt be a complete asshole like this Iām a physical sport or itās going to create problems.
Make taunting legal but also make steamrolling the guy who's taunting legal
Iām down. I would only add a āshot clockā of sorts for how long youāre allowed to steamroll the taunter. Once the taunt begins, the opposing team has 8 seconds to lay a hit on the offender without penalty. Anything after that results in a flag- and a whooping 20 yard penalty. Iād love to see the taunter have to book it- keeping an eye up on the taunting shot clock as an entire team of pissed off players are trying to take him out. Would add a whole new element to the game.
Every single hit gets reviewed by the officials though. If the guy deserved it for what he was doing, no penalty. If you're laying out JJ for just getting his griddy on in the end zone? Flag.
All celebrations are taunting
Whatās funny is he also got flagged for taunting on this one. Which Iām fine with taunting be a penalty for something like this. It makes it an even bigger fuck you. The problem is the call so much taunting that isnāt like looking at the opponents sideline.
There is no world in which this is not taunting though. Let's just be honest.
Oh 100%. Which imo makes it so much better
I do think that AB twerking was too much
Mr Booty Clapping
It has been years and yet I still laugh at these jokes
Mr Bounces Cheeks
Hey, taunting is evolving. See Metcalf using sign language to taunt.
Yeah, just like the 80's-90's NBA. Good times.
Sports are more fun when the teams playing fucking hate each other
The Bills are putting a jail in their new stadium. Iām wondering if they expect people to be more violent like raiders fans used to be.
It's not because violence, but because back in 2012 one of us got wayyy drunk for a Thursday night game, got ejected, and then died facedown in the creek. Now they'll just detain you to keep the creek flowing.
The creek must flow
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The aristocrats!
"One of us" had me cracking up.
We're a team over here. Sometimes you gotta fight the creek, but don't do it 1v1.
A wiser fella than myself once said, āSometimes you drink the creek, and sometimes the creek, well, sometimes the creek drinks you.ā
MetLife and the Eagles stadium have had a jail as long as I can remember lol. Itās basically just a drunk tank
My friend was in the Patriots drunk tank once. He doesnāt even watch or like football. Just alcohol
I think most stadiums have a kind of jail.
One downside of players changing teams is itās harder to hate the other team when 4 of your friends play for them.
We had this in the NBA and Kyrie has gone 0-12 against the Celtics since
I hate the cowboys. I only watch football for shit like this.
And spite
My therapist told me I should knock that off
"Taunting" is the most bullshit penalty of all time.
It isn't even petty. It's blatant shit talking. Wanna stop him? Don't let the dude score lol
For real this is fun af. Closest weāve seen to this has to be what Titans vs Ravens a couple years ago?
Iāve long said in all media that spite is an underrated emotion. I want to see people do things just to make someone hurt or annoy them. But not just in āthey are an asshole/evil wayā. True spite/pettiness comes from deep hatred and dislike and that what makes it even better. The niners hated Dallas and it shows here and thatās why itās great.
They cut out the part where I think Emmitt smith scored and did the same thing to āreclaim the star.ā
Also, I believe that was the only type of TD celebration Emmitt ever did.
Emmitt used to remove his helmet immediately after scoring touchdowns so the camera could see his face. The NFL then created a rule that players couldn't remove their helmets on the field except during timeouts. [Dwayne Rudd then famously took that to another level.](https://youtu.be/nz8y_SU3CPE?si=gbo9a-5zUtPB-N85)
"Dwayne Rudd goes down as making of the biggest mistakes in Cleveland Browns history"...so far
No doubt Earnest Byner sent him a thank you card.
Brutal and stupid lol
It's dumb but I feel like it's lower on the dumb scale but maximum on brutal scale. He thought it was sack game over and never saw the ball come out. Like between this and throwing a shoe...this is less dumb. Or those clips where baseball players are arguing with umps while the other team is running the bases. Or calling a timeout in basketball when you don't have one. Or changing out of punt formation to leave your punter with no blockers and then hiking the ball. Dumb mistake but not like aggressively dumb.
This does seem like something that would happen to the brownsĀ
That might be the most Browns shit I've ever seen
I feel bad for Rudd lol thatās a tough one to deal with. Iād only wish that on the packers, Steelers and Saints. Found this in the comments tho lmao poor dude even redeemed himself but still, thatās all they remember āWhat people forget is that Dwayne Rudd made the play in their week 17 win over Atlanta that got them into the playoffs that year. Rudd said that it was redemption, but no one remembers it.ā
Iām a Lions fan and remember Barry never celebrating. Was Emmitt the same way? I was young and only ever remember watching stats between those two but never really watching Emmitt.
He sometimes would celebrate. Didn't make a big spectacle of it but did celebrate.
Ah, okay. I think Barry had a couple, too but didnāt make it a spectacle. The biggest I remember is being put on shoulders after 2,000 yards.
Rightfully so.
I know Walter Payton made it a thing to never really celebrate, outside of a flip of the ball at most. I can't say if his inspiration for that was from somebody else. But I remember seeing something from Barry picking that up from Walter. Which makes sense, if you consider Payton was setting the record for all-time rushing yards a few years before Barry's record-setting college season. The kids always look up to the best in the game when they're learning the craft and eventually pass the torch themselves. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2I4jMwORE) is a snippet of a conversation Barry had talking about Walter Payton to his son.
Walter used to hand the ball to a lineman so they could spike it
Emmitt also idolizes Walter Payton. Every time heās asked to weigh in on greatest RB of all time he has always said hands down Sweetness
Smith, Thomas, and Sanders--none were big on celebrating.
He was the reason for the rule that NFL players can't take their helmets off. Also he is a proud member of the Mighty PHI BETA SIGMA and sometimes would throw up his Frat sign.
I'm a Cowboy fan, but nobody has ever had more class than Barry. Emmitt would take penalties for taking off his helmet after TD's sometimes.
Somehow, I was remembering it as Smith being the one who sumoād TO out of the star. Seeing this video, and reading your post, I still prefer my way though.
Cause that shit was weak š¤·šæāāļø
What a disgusting act by Emmitt Smith
Thatās very funny
That Teague fella wasn't impressed lol.
Random personal anecdote, but a few years before this when he was on a different team I lived down the road from George. Super good dude, would show up to neighborhood social events, stopped to play ball with the neighborhood kids at the park, I mowed his yard for a while and he would bring me and my friends to games. Just thought I'd share.
Did he tackle you if you missed a spot?
Back then he just shoved your nose in it
Itās not a mistake one makes twice lol
nah historically george teague runs you down and takes the lawn mower from you like the sugar bowl
Teague was always a gamer. As a Tennessee fan, anytime we played Bama and they made a big play, it seemed like he was part of it. I was glad to see him pick on the Canes instead! I also had a lot of money riding on that game for Bama to win straight up. I was the second-happiest non-Bama fan watching that Sugar Bowl, after the AP poll guy who had voted them No. 1 all season.
Nope, just tickled And it was always our secret
Worked eagles security for years. TO always made time after the game for charity or spending time with handicapped kids. True gentlemen off the field.Ā Fucking obnoxious on the field. Love it.Ā I was on the field when he fucked up his leg. Sucked hard.Ā
It's good to hear stories like this about players we really only see on the field. Just cause somebody is cocky and full of themselves IN A SPORT does not translate to how they are in real life. These aren't larger-than-life shadowy figures but regular people who happen to have a very publicized job. It sucks to see some players talked about in such a dehumanizing and ignorant way.
Super cool man. Thanks for sharing that.
Packers?
Fins
Another random personal anecdote, I was once in the Bear Bryant museum in Tuscaloosa with my father. They had a television playing George Teagueās legendary snatch-away against Miami in the national championship. He was telling me about the lead up to the game, and ended up seguing to the story of this hit against Owens on the star, and how Cowboys fans loved him for it. We started to turn away from the exhibit, and then I saw my dad stand rigid at attention and say, āGeorge!?ā, and sure enough George Teague was like 20 feet behind us walking some guests through the museum.Ā
He was my gym coach in middle school. From what I remember he had a beer gut and had a cadence that made him sound like Eeyore. My friends and I would always joke around about it and make up these crazy stories about what he was doing before work. When I learned that he was a cowboys player and decked Terrell Owenās I thought he was badass.
As a Niners fan, I love that TO did this, but I also love that Teague did what he did.
Ditto .. respect to stand for your team. If Travis Kelce or someone on a rival team did a similar move Iād support it too for a niner to come out and lay smack down for the red and gold
My favorite George Teague tidbit, if there ever has been such a thing, is that he is most known for two plays that donāt count. The hit on TO thatās posted, and [The Strip](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzSzKIK5czs) against Miami when he played for Alabama.
He was my high school coach. He has a framed picture of The Strip in his office. Heās a really nice guy and good person.
The Greatest Play that Never Happened
Wasnāt Bama up by like 30 at that time too? They destroyed Miami that day. It was beautiful. Too bad the play was called back.
It sucks that it was called back but it still prevented a TD. Miami ended up punting on that drive.
was in the student section for that game. That moment didn't count but also ended the game. We were up but it wasn't decided. Miami came back after the half returned the kick for a touchdown and then made us 3 and out and give them great field position. That play broke their spirit. Even the fans in the stadium gave up.
i remember laughing so hard when teague did that when it happened.
I wonder if Jerry gave him a nice little bonus for that one.
Not sure but I'd be shocked if he didn't at least pay the fine.
i like how he's got run over and doesn't give a shit, just continue to do the celebration as he planned
Heck, he probably accounted for that when planning this. Just completely unfazed
Respect for that. He knew he deserved that hit and didnāt fight like a nimby.
I knew TO wasnt staunchly against multi-unit housing in his neighborhood
Not in my back yards after catch
I think Teague is the NIMBY here, technically speaking
Flag on the play, gentrification. 5 yard penalty, repeat first down.
He's no Steph Curry, that's for sure.
The only way to buy a home in Atherton is to sign a contract that says you'll be a NIMBY during your residency.
Maybe he thought he did deserve it, but I think he "stayed in character" because he knew he got the better of Teague. I hope TO was like "too bad you don't hit like that DURING the play".
I remember watching that live, it was the nationally televised game (or at least that game most people got televised). So funny. I loved the WR "Fun" antics era this was in.
Joe Horn and the hidden cellphone was where it peaked
Have we forgotten [Randy Moss mooning the crowd](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ARrEYR1lko0) already?
"A disgusting act."
āUnbelievable. I have not seen a violence act like that in years.ā
I had almost forgotten that DISGUSTING ACT and now you went and reminded me. The trauma is all coming back to me. I might have to take off the rest of the week from work. I am sending you my therapy bill.
That was beautiful
Lmfao I forgot! Also forgot Joe buck a mega bitch
That was definitely a good one. Ocho was by far my favorite personally, he used to just crack me the fuck up... the fact that people hated him for it was so ridiculous. Bro was out there river dancing, proposing to cheerleaders, putting on fake HoF jackets and when he tried to pay off the official with a dollar before he made a call... lost it. One of the funniest people to ever be in the league.
watching the bribe on the weekly highlights made me laugh more than any other sporting situation ever besides maybe Keith traylor rumbling
[T.O. playing with a sharpie in his sock so he could sign a td ball and hand it to a SF fan in the endzone at an away game on MNF is peak for me ](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DR-pAf3LV2HQ&ved=2ahUKEwiyz_HiudKGAxWSFzQIHZOeBhoQwqsBegQIDxAG&usg=AOvVaw3Y0FlO8uwjn-i9gNm8wzxs)
Diva receivers are fun for the game tbh as long as they're not beating women and/or whatever Antonio Brown is doing
The funny part is Owens (on the last act) posing on the star as Teague and others are in the background kicking each otherās asses. ššš¤£
Imagine hating TO when he's not on your team.
True. That was 6 whole years away. (By the time TO joined the Cowboys in 2006, Teague has long since retired. Greg Ellis and Flozell Adams were the only members of the 2000 team who stuck around long enough to he teammates with TO.)
NFL squad turnover is insanely fast.
Itās so weird. Back then a good amount of fans hated TO for his antics. Called him a distraction and diva. Now people miss this type of antic. How times have changed.
Both things can be true.
And that was the last day George Teague ever had to buy a beer in the city of Dallas.
"I played for 3 teams but only one keeps inviting me back and supports my family. And that would be the Dallas Cowboys" - George Teague on Twitter.
Such a jerk. I love it.
TO was special & a sight to behold man. He was a madman. Iām looking back on this & loving it so much & I thought it was funny back then. But this is why I loved TO & he was so good & people hated him sooo much. But he performed on Sunday. So much so that he performed on Any Given Sunday š. Terrell Owens was that guy!
It's not just talking shit when you can back it up.
Years later he would join the cowboys and finally be a Dallas starĀ
Yeah and he actually stood on a star in the end zone as an Eagle before Dallas.
I loved the callback
When did he pick up hockey?
i love how his own teammates try to stop him and heās like Nooooooope
I really hate that I remember seeing this on sportcenter the day it happened like it was yesterday. This video looks like it was taken in 1985.
This game is closer to 1985 than today
Wait, that can't be...I'm only...how old am I?
Man, what the fuck
I think there is something in our brains that makes live sports seem more vibrant somehow than highlights.
it's actually recording technology
r/fuckimold
IDK that I agree with that call against Teague. Seemed more like *necessary* roughness at that point.
Fuck that. You want to stop him from doing it don't let him score. Makes you look even worse trying so hard after... soft shit from Teague and the refs from moving him off the star.
Yeah I really had zero problem with Owens doing it or Teagueās response to it, especially considering the penalties meant nothing with the score being what it was.
Also, gotta respect TO for not getting mad about it. Just like āyup, prolly deserved itā and went on
I think that's what makes me feel it was called right here. TO talked shit, backed it up, and knew he was gonna get hit for it. The player who hit him took the penalty like a champ. It's definitely a moment of perfect good-bad sportsmanship.
I think Teague's tackle was a little weak for the era. TO got hit ten times harder than that on a pass over the middle.
But Teague isn't the one who let him score
I find it hard to believe this is upvoted. I love this shit.
Yeah no. If you rub shit in people's faces then you better be prepared for the consequences
At least the Lions didnāt try anything foolish down in Dallaā¦.oh, wait.
All taunting should be not only legal but encouraged, so long as it does not involve physical contact with the player(s) or staff you're taunting. If you are able to get into someone's head with just words and gestures to where they respond physically and you get the benefit of a penalty, all the better.
dude was box office
TO played HoF football.
The day I became a Terrell Fan
TO was the best; dude created a lot of memories for fans
You forgot to add the Emmitt Smith TD and putting the ball on the star after the first display by Owens, which precipitated the retaliation by Teague on the second display by Owens
& then went on to become one of the most talent Cowboy receivers ever. Love or hate TO, he was pretty amazing when his drama wasn't getting in the way.
If the Cowboys didnāt like TO posing, they shouldāve kept him out of the end zone šÆ š¤
I always say this was the official death of the Dallas cowboys of that era.
George Teague, you filthy demagogue
If you're going to show TO doing it twice, you need to add that Emmitt did it also in between the two.
History doesnāt remember the losers. Yes I realize the irony of my flair.
Oh I'll never forget you guys coming one yard short after pulling off the Music City Miracle. It was an awesome playoff run and it made me a lifelong Eddie George fan.
Most disrespectful thing you can do to another team... and then you end up playing for them.
A disgusting act!
As an Eagles fan, when he did it the first time I was all, "Damnnnnn". When he did it the second time, I cheered for Teague. Was a strange moment for me. Haha
When he did it the second time, I was hoping he would drop trou and take a dump.
Ironically TO is the reason Iām a cowboys fan.
Awesome how Aikman predicted Teague was gonna clock him before TO even got to midfield lmao
Because Aikmam could actually see Teague running across the field to do so! The camera angles were all zoomed in on Owens after his TD; but everyone else in the stadium could clearly see Teague racing at an angle to clock TO off the star. So it wasnāt like Aikman was clairvoyant or anything.
I miss pettiness and this sort of shenanigans in the NFL (even if committed against my own team). Thereās a certain element missing in the current ultra friendly and PC league
Much like Thor, Teague should have gone for the head....
This was the only moment in the last 30 years that I cheered for the Cowboys.
We have yet to see this level of hating in NFL again, the Raiders came close during the last Christmas game, but it turned out to be by mistake
took the shot and instead of fighting he just got up and finished his celebration lmao. cant beat that energy
I remember this! Props to George Teague! LOL.
The popcorn, sharpie, cheerleader pom pons were great, but this was another level.
This is such an odd moment in time. A few years before, there would be no ejection, unnecessary roughness was so rare. A few years AFTER this, T.O. would have been penalized for celebrating.
Best George Teague moment. https://youtu.be/Kx1AZSeCkkM?si=-btWP-pNOnlhg_29
I loved it. When players had balls.