This season, the NFL has instructed officials to place added emphasis on enforcing taunting penalties. And we’ve already seen that play out in the preseason with some awfully weak calls.
If the emphasis carries on into the regular season, we’ll undoubtedly see a questionable taunting call impact a game — it’s inevitable. We’ll have the NFL Competition Committee to thank for that because they got “tired” of seeing all the talking, apparently.
During a Tuesday press conference, Giants owner and Competition Committee member John Mara answered a question about the vote to ramp up the taunting penalties. Mara said that they didn’t want to take the fun out of the game, but at the same time, the committee members didn’t want to see players taunt each other.