[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by thehef

Absolute moron of the day: DJ Moore of the Carolina Panthers. Thinking of himself, rather than the team, with a stupid "look at me!" move (taking off his helmet) after a great play... Idiot.

There are penalties that occur due to hustle, aggressiveness, instinct, and just plain bad luck. But penalties like Moore's - when you make a conscious decision to put yourself above the team during a non-competitive moment - are inexcusable.

Sure, his kicker didn't help him out, missing the unnecessarily (due to Moore's bonehead penalty) long extra point attempt, and then missing a very makeable FG in OT. But looked at on it's own - the only way to properly evaluate any play - Moore's penalty was just dumb.

(It's actually a shame that Piniero's missed kicks - especially the one in OT - contributed to the loss. They will take the edge of the criticism that Moore so deserves.)

I'm with you on DJ Moore's selfish act. But the kicker still deserves as much the blame. You could let him slide to the XP. But the OT FG was no excuse. I'm surprised the Panthers haven't posted an ad on Indeed.com yet.

But let's go back to the helmet thing. Do we remember why that is a penalty? Because the owners thought it was undignified for Emmitt Smith to take his helmet off celebrating TD's. This is from the age when the media got their panties in a bunch over sharpies & organized TD celebrations were disallowed. In other words, no bat flipping. No individualism whatsoever. Cause that "wasn't the image the shield wanted to project". Meanwhile, the owners of the shield were/are Robert Kraft, Jim Irsay, Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder, Ed Debartalo, Jimmy Haslem & Jerry Richardson.

Today, white QB's are doing the gritty, Eagles WR's are stomping the yard & every defender is posing in the end zone post turnover. We should now be beyond thinking showing your face after a score is the sign of the denigration of our society. Let's grow up. The "servants use the back entrance" mentality maintained by the wealthy needs to be abolished. The helmet rule DJ Moore was flagged for needs to be taken out of the rulebook.