Class overrated on football field

By Jeff

The New York Jets had some pretty elaborate celebrations after they took down the No. 1-seeded New England Patriots in the playoffs last Sunday.

Braylon Edwards was doing his best Shawn Johnson impression, Jets players were running onto the field like airplanes and Bart Scott thought he was in the squared-circle cutting a WWE promo. While they were all kind of ridiculous because the team still needs to win two games to say they've won something this season, I didn't have a problem with it.

That doesn't mean I can't make fun of it. I just don't have a problem with teams celebrating big wins or plays in professional sports. These guys are playing for my entertainment. I don't care if they showboat on the field when they win. That's entertaining.

Who wouldn't celebrate leaving Cleveland?

Did you see the handspring-backflip combo Edwards pulled off? You know he had to be practicing that all week so he didn't land on his head and break his neck. Or pull a Kerri Strug for that matter.

Let me stress how important it is that these celebrations are reserved for wins. I can't stand it when a defensive player makes a sack or tackle for loss in the first quarter and then goes nuts.  Seriously? There are 55 minutes left in the game and you're going to do a dance and stare into the distance? I worry every time LaMarr Woodley does his jump kick after a sack. He's just asking for a knee sprain or tear.

But when you celebrate a win, I'm cool with it as long as it doesn't include spitting in someone's face or leaving someone hanging on a hand shake.

I heard a lot of people upset with the Jets for their most recent antics and don't get it. They won a big game that they were supposed to lose. They beat a team with some of the cockiest individuals (Tom Brady and Bill Belichick) in sports. Sure, if you didn't know any better you might have thought they won the Super Bowl, but that's OK. They waited until the game was over before beginning their shenanigans. Can you blame Edwards for not having a reason to backflip since he helped Michigan beat Ohio State?

What annoys you more? The post-game celebrating by the Jets, or Brady's cockiness. Anyone remember the look on Brady's face when he questioned Plaxico Burress predicting the Pats would only score 17 points against the New York Giants in the Super Bowl? Just watch 8 seconds of the video below if you forgot.



I would prefer backflips to this kind of smugness any day of the week.

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