Shouldn’t NFL players know by now that dancing or celebrating on the opposing team’s logo while you’re on the road is one of the more disrespectful things you can do and that it just fires up the home team?
JuJu Smith-Schuster apparently does not know that.
It was just over a month ago that the Pittsburgh Steelers wideout was stopped by Dallas Cowboys players from recreating the Terrell Owens touchdown celebration on the star logo. And on Sunday night, before the Steelers’ eventual loss to the Bills, he did a little dance for NBC cameras on the logo at midfield.
Sure enough, it was noticed by Bills players.
#Bills safety Jordan Poyer said they noticed #Steelers players (JuJu Smith-Schuster) dancing on their logo before the game and that hyped them up. “That turns you up a little bit. Gets you a second itch to play with some extra fire.”pic.twitter.com/ZLdtxG8fMT
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) December 14, 2020
Here’s the quote from Bills safety Jordan Poyer, via Syracuse.com:
“We felt the momentum of the game swing,” Poyer said. “And I ain’t going to lie. Seeing them dancing on our logo pre-game and seeing all that, that turns you up a little bit. It kind of gives you a little second itch to come out and play with some extra fire. We were hyped up on the sideline, we had a big win. And we were just having fun.”
And there was this moment from the fourth quarter, which may have been a response to Smith-Schuster’s dance:
Bills sideline was live after the Big Ben pick 😭
(via @thecheckdown)pic.twitter.com/Fu2QvKCrxZ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 14, 2020
Maybe the logo dance isn’t such a good idea?
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