No Fun League: NFL will now flag ‘nose wipe’ celebration with a 15-yard penalty

Every year, the NFL introduces a new rule that leaves us scratching our heads. According to reports, this time it’s not a Tush Push ban — but instead, a 15-yard penalty for a harmless celebration.

Per the official rules report sent to every team this week, a “nose wipe” celebration will now be flagged as a 15-yard penalty for being deemed a “violent gesture.”

Make it make sense.

NFL taking all the fun out of the sport

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This is just so unbelievably stupid. I’m trying to put myself in the shoes of the NFL’s rules committee to understand their reasoning, but for the life of me, I can’t.

Why even waste time trying to regulate this? There are certainly more important things this committee could focus on. Does Elon Musk and his team of 19-year-olds need to swoop into NFL offices to clean house? At this rate, it feels like they might have to.

Off the top of my head, I don’t think any Eagles players do this celebration regularly. A.J. Brown may have done it a few times, and I remember Miles Sanders doing it a lot, but other than that, our team seems pretty much in the clear.

Still, this is just dumb. It feels like the NFL is making a rule change simply for the sake of making a rule change. Do better.