Jameson Williams just did this. The Detroit Lions’ WR ran and hugged the goal post base on Sunday night after scoring a touchdown, and he was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.
About 24 hours later, George Pickens followed suit.
Pickens scored a sweet touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football against the Raiders. He spun out of a tackle and dodged a few more guys.
And then he leaped up to hug the base of the goalposts.
He, too, got the penalty.
George Pickens was penalized for Unsportsmanlike Conduct after hugging the goal post. pic.twitter.com/af0BeEyYst
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ESPN’s Ben Solak had the funniest tweet on the matter:
If you gave me one guess, for a million dollars, which NFL receiver committed the exact same unsportsmanlike penalty as Jameson Williams did in a nationally televised game not 24 hours ago…I would win a million dollars.
There’s a decent chance Pickens wasn’t watching the Sunday night game, of course.
He had an eventful night, benched for the first Dallas series alongside CeeDee Lamb before getting on the field and making a ton of plays.
And he got a hug in, too.
Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle