by For the second week in a row, an NFL player was fined for a Marshawn Lynch-inspired touchdown celebration.
Last week, Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams was fined $19,697 for diving backwards in the end zone while grabbing his crotch at the end of his 64 touchdown run. yards in the Lions’ 52-6 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
This week, Seahawks cornerback Coby Bryant will have $6,594 of his NFL game check available for a similar celebration following his 69-yard pick-off in Seattle’s 16-6 win over the Arizona Cardinals .
The celebration was planned in advance, Bryant told the Seahawks’ social media team after the game.
“I talked to my brother and my dad before the game. I told them I was going to do it,” Bryant said. “They’re most likely going to fine me, so Marshawn, if you see this, show your boy some love too.
Bryant, like Williams, was punished for unsportsmanlike conduct (obscene gestures) for the celebration Lynch made famous during his “BeastQuake” touchdown run in the 2011 NFC wild-card game.
There was no flag on Bryant’s interception return, just as no penalties were called on Williams and Lynch’s touchdowns.
The Seahawks leaned into the fun, using Bryant’s silhouette to replace the football on the NFL logo and celebrating his NFC Defensive Player of the Week award with a message on Bryant with the caption “Hold my D….Defensive Player of the Week Award.”
It was reported to Lions head coach Dan Campbell this week that the NFL used Williams’ dive as a thumbnail image on the video package for the Lions-Jaguars game.
“It depends on what it is,” Campbell said of which celebrations are allowed. “Let the league let this happen, right?” They will use whatever they need. The content.
The money the NFL collects from fines goes to the Professional Athletes Foundation to “support legends in need and to the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and well-being of athletes at all levels, including youth football and the communities that support the game.
