Antonio Brown has been flagged and fined for some memorable touchdown celebrations. Now that the NFL has relaxed its celebration rules, Brown’s wants to take advantage of that and celebrate with his offensive line.
Antonio Brown wants offensive linemen in his TD celebrations now that it’s allowed
Brown’s suggestive celebrations will still draw flags and fines from the league, but celebrating with teammates won’t.
Jeanna Kelley has been covering the Falcons for The Falcoholic since 2011 and the NFL for SB Nation since 2015.
“I haven’t celebrated with (Maurkice) Pouncey in the end zone since he’s been here. (David) DeCastro,” Brown said Wednesday. “Some of the o-line guys, those guys be excited to score. I’m sure they’re tired when we score, they be trying to get off the field, but I think it’d give them another reason to be on the field.”
Offensive linemen usually don’t score touchdowns, but Brown certainly does. He was tied for second in the league last year with 12 receiving scores, so he had plenty of opportunities to dance in the end zone.
Brown’s celebration dances were flagged and fined because they were deemed sexually suggestive.
Unfortunately, Brown’s twerking — though entertaining — would still draw a penalty, even after the NFL eased up on celebrations. Celebrating with teammates is legal now, so Brown won’t get in any trouble for bringing his offensive linemen into the mix.
Brown got some pushback from Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers about his sensual celebrations last season.
“He knows, we all know, Coach Tomlin brought it up yesterday, that is a huge penalty that we can’t do,” Roethlisberger said on Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan in November. “We put our kick coverage team in a bad situation and we can’t have it, and AB knows that.”
But if Brown plans to celebrate with his offensive line and skip the pelvic thrusting, he should be just fine from now on.
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