excessive display of emotions have always been, and continue to be a part of sports. If "class" wins championships, Herm Edwards won 3 rings and Eric Mangini won 2 already.
Wow. No. Did this shit happen last year? No. They their point across by shutting out teams and knocking people around. Ask Rex if he thinks that stupidity is how you get your point across the league. I think he'll disagree.
Edwards may not have known the rule due to sheer stupidity. It is not a new rule. He should have been aware of it.
I did know that was a rule. And I know why it was called. You seem to not know the rule considering you think "any" celebration is a penalty. "Taunting" is the word you are looking for. Taunting. You can do the dance. You can do the dance with an opponent in the area. You can't do the dance and stare your opponent in the face and do the dance in the direction of the opponent. That's taunting. It was a dumb move. The team goes over shit like this. Trust me.
You are making this bigger than it is. I did not paint the whole team as a classless one. I wrote that it was a moronic selfish act by Edwards. I did not write that this type of end zone display would cost the team a championship. Also, Edwards could have displayed an excessive amount of emotion without taunting the opponent. Spike the ball, run over by the fans behind the end zone, dunk the ball over the goalpost- those acts would have been fine. That would have "sparked" the team as much as the taunt did and the Jets would not have lost 15 yards.
To add to this: What can spark a team is what LT was doing after 10 yard runs, not even a touchdown. Slapping his helmet, getting the crowd involved, showing he still has plenty left in the tank. That is smart emotional play. Leave it to the HOFer to get it right.
