Chiefs’ Clyde Edwards-Helaire penalized for taunting after pointing at Cowboys player
The NFL is making a point of cracking down on taunting this season, and that apparently includes not pointing at an opponent.
Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire learned that the hard way in Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.
In the second quarter, the Chiefs ran an option play from the Cowboys’ 1-yard line, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes pitched to Edwards-Helaire for an easy touchdown run.
As he was about to cross the goal line, Edwards-Helaire raised his arm and pointed at Cowboys linebacker Luke Gifford.
That drew a flag for taunting.
Was it the right call?
”I’m all for the emphasis on taunting, I just think we’ve gone a little too far with it,” Fox Sports analyst Troy Aikman said during the broadcast.
Sports Illustrated also didn’t seem to like the call.
This story was originally published November 21, 2021 at 4:27 PM.
