[Déjà Bru]

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.)

Oddly enough, I am prepared to accept and empathize with this response below if it truly was a spur of the moment, "wasn't thinking" event. (I had one of those while driving today. I was lucky.)

"I was like, 'Whatever ... I guess nobody ever got emotional and did something out of emotion,'" Moore said.
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"Regrets? Nah," he said on Friday. "Not to that extent. Should I not have done it? No. Did I do it? Yeah. And I own up to that. It was just like in the moment type of deal. Can I say if I would do it differently in that moment? Nah, probably not."