Troy Aikman was oddly angry cellphone celebration
Troy Aikman hates fun. Hates it. And he's not afraid to share that with an audience of millions.
The Saints and Rams played in a matchup of two of the NFC's top teams on Sunday. After the Rams rallied to tie the game at 35, the Saints tacked on a field goal and added some major insurance courtesy of Michael Thomas.
Thomas burned Marcus Peters and broke free for a 72-yard touchdown. Following the score, he ran straight to the goal post and pulled out a cellphone. It was a nod to Joe Horn's infamous cellphone celebration, and, yes, Thomas was called for a penalty.
But man, Aikman was super upset about Thomas having fun playing a game. He reacted to the moment with critical commentary about Thomas' character. Again, Aikman hates fun.
Aikman said:
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"The Saints are going to be penalized for this celebration at the end of the play, using a prop. That's very uncharacteristic of Michael Thomas. The cellphone that he hid prior to the game. This is too big of a game to be risking those kinds of yards."
And he went back to the critique several more times.
The touchdown put New Orleans up by two scores, and the penalty had no impact on the game. Plenty of NFL fans found Aikman's criticism to be needlessly over the top.
The Saints won, 45-35. Fun was had by all except Troy Aikman.
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