Joe Burrow continues to mock the NFL regarding its stance on sarcasm.
During the AFC Championship Game, when Ravens receiver Zay Flowers blatantly taunted a Chiefs defender after making a key catch, Burrow posted on X: “Let the men make fun“.
During an appearance on a podcast co-hosted by a player whose team benefited from that call, Burrow made his position clear.
“Yes, I'm a pro at sarcasm,” Burrow said on New Heights with Travis and Jason Kelsey via WLWT's Olivia Rae. “We are all adults and we work hard at what we do. And Sometimes we like to show it. I won't have my feelings hurt if someone kicks me out and makes fun of me like you put on a play. I get it. Like good for you.”
He is not wrong, but his mentality is far from universal. Many players get angry when another player makes fun of them after a big game. The league's goal in restricting taunts is to ensure that there is no angry opponent lurking later in the game, waiting for the opportunity to deliver a clean, legal, and completely unnecessary hit that will likely result in a man being injured. Likewise, the league doesn't want to meet jeer with more jeer and ultimately provoke a helmet-swinging fight.
The problem is that officials have stopped calling it the way they did when it was the “focus point” in 2021. Before the flower flag, which came after a blatant taunt, the men were getting away with less pointed taunts that would nonetheless have attracted the flag when officials were constantly looking for it.
the 2021 focus point on sarcasm Point of Focus followed in 2014 on satire. Which also proves that the term “point of focus” is a fancy way of saying to administrators: “We have noticed that you are not doing your job the way we would like you to do your job. Please do your job better.”
No matter what Burrow thinks, the league doesn't share it because most players don't share his actions. If each player on the wrong end of the taunt reacts by saying:Good for you, Jack“There would be no rule against that.
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