re: Excessive Celebration Penalties

re reggie getting flagged in the NFC championship game for waving bye bye to urlacher

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wouldnt that be taunting, an entirely different penalty?

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You are right that penalty was taunting. That still doesnt explain the flag for reggies TD after the punt return in Washington and the flag for moore's dance after his TD in London. Seems to me that the NFL is picking and choosing who to flag

ok so moore used a prop. What about reggies td in washington last year? Still none of this explains why players in Green Bay are not flagged for the Lambeau Leap. Once again, the rule should be enforced uniformly

He deserved the penalty because his celebration dance was excessive. Pierre is supposed to be a professional. He should have simply handed the ball to the referee and walked off the field. He should have let his play speak for itself. These celebration dances are uncalled for and are going to end up costing the Saints a game as a result of the penalty yards being charged on the insuing kickoffs.

Key word is CHOREOGRAPHED............PT's appeared to be rehearsed.Don't do it again.

I dont care if he dances... but when he knows he's going to get a 15 yard penalty which is going to hurt the team, thats when it's uncalled for.

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Traditional Celebrations have immunity from the rule

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This is possibly the dumbest reason that I've heard yet. Because one guy or one team started doing it a long time ago then what's being said is that it's ok for them but not for the new kids on the block. So Saints players get flagged for something that in Green Bay or Cleveland doesnt even raise an eyebrow because it's TRADITION? This league has a ways to go before they can be considered credible.