If you happened to watch the dreadful matchup between the Chicago Bears and Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, you might have noticed an odd touchdown celebration.
When running back D’Onta Foreman found the end zone for Chicago in the first quarter, he and fullback Khari Blasingame got into it with a mock slapfight. The two Bears players seemingly went all out, flailing their arms about before Foreman “flipped” Blasingame as if they were in a ring of some sort together.
NFL players rip out seemingly bizarre and very elaborate touchdown celebrations all the time, so, at first, it was easy to overlook what Foreman and Blasingame did here:
D'Onta Foreman and Khari Blasingame after Foreman TD.pic.twitter.com/GZv2ROkjaO
— ✶Ⓜ️𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕤 ▶️ ✶ (@_MarcusD3_) October 22, 2023
As it turns out, Foreman and Blasingame might have ripped this celebration from recent viral “slap-fighting” videos on Twitter. They feature shirtless men in shorts going all out with almost exaggerated slapping motions in small sand arenas in the popular Indian contact sport of Kabbadi:
The guy in red short with black stripe is the Messi of this game😊
— Wow Videos (@ViralXfun) October 19, 2023
Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren alluded to this possibility when he caught wind of Foreman and Blasingame’s celebration:
Real ones knew what they doin right away😂 https://t.co/qNZNFhfUid
— chet holmgren (@ChetHolmgren) October 22, 2023
If that is indeed where Foreman and Blasingame got the idea, there’s only one remaining conclusion — they spend way too much time online. They’re just like us!