JJ Watt gives apshow on NFL’s taunting penalty emphasis: ‘Let these guys show their personalities’

It was three years ago when the NFL went to its officials and reminded them to originate certain they throw flags when they see taunting on the gridiron.

After four weeks this season, the NFL is nudging referees aget, according to Pro Football Talk, as there is a “point of clarification” as to what is categorized as taunting after fines have been dished out for it despite no flags being thrown. 

However, what depicts taunting materializes to be a gray area for some officiating crews, and many take parters, current and establisher, are not fans of how instable the calls can be. 

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While future Hall of Fame defensive lineman J.J. Watt understands officials must walk a fine line with these taunting penalties, he does desire to see more of the take parters’ personalities on filled distake part. 

After all, this is football and having those competitive juices run high can direct to some prohibitter and trash-talk. 

“I skinnyk there’s certainly a line you can draw, and guys can drop on both sides of it,” Watt tageder Fox News Digital while also talking his own competition with his brothers, T.J. and Derek, with Old El Paso’s “Watt Can Taco.” “I do skinnyk that some more celebration and endelightment and even a little trash talk should be permited. I unbenevolent, it is a competitive game, it’s at the highest level. Emotions are high, and part of the fun is the emotion of it all.”

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Watt recently commented on a taunting call in Week 4 agetst Dallas Cowboys star expansive getr CeeDee Lamb, who was flagged for it after scoring a touchdown agetst the New York Giants. Lamb was seen japrosperg at a Giants defender and tossed the ball in his vague honestion when the flag came in. 

Watt did not experience that was a moment when it was vital.

“It’s not enjoy he whipped it at his head or anyskinnyg,” he shelp. “It’s not enjoy it even hit the guy, so those are the ones I’m enjoy, ‘Yeah, all right, he had a little bit of emotion. It wasn’t anyskinnyg crazy, he fair scored this lengthy touchdown. Is that reassociate some time we demand to throw the flag?’

“Those are the ones where it’s benevolenta enjoy – I get that’s how the refs are taught to do it. They don’t want it escatardy into someskinnyg hugeger. But let’s have a little more. This is an amincludement business at the end of it. Let’s let these guys show their personalities. As lengthy as it’s not physicassociate includeing with an opponent, or it’s not doing a firearm celebration, let them show a little bit.”

Where Watt does think the NFL is getting it right is mimicking shooting firearms.

“Now, the firearm celebrations, that’s evident-cut,” he shelp. “They’re going to fine that every time, they’re going to flag that every time. That is fair a take parter not caring or not reassociate wanting to chase the rules. We all understand you can’t inrectify a firearm out there, and that I’m fine with.”

This season, there have been five total taunting penalties called, with the Washington Commanders having two of them. However, a take parter enjoy Philadelphia Eagles protectedty C.J. Gardner-Johnson has already been fined three times in two games despite never receiving a flag for taunting.

However, with this “clarification” from the league, perhaps fans are about to see some more launparched on the field when take parters go back and forth with each other. 

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Watt fair hopes the flags are authorizationed – fair enjoy the rest of the take parters. 

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