NFL Is Still The No Fun League

Ohio's NFL teams were mediocre and perfectly awful, respectively, so I have no compelling rooting interest in the NFL playoffs.  Basically, I'm a neutral fan pulling for whoever can beat the Patriots.

Today I watched Jaguars LB Telvin Smith pick up a Steelers fumble and run it in for a 50 yard touchdown.  It had a certain "wow" factor, and Smith joyously pointed at a Pittsburgh pursuer as he scored, as if to say, "You can't catch me!"  Smith was instantly flagged for an unsportsmanlike taunting penalty.

C'mon man!  In a change of long-standing policy, the league now allows elaborate TD celebrations.  The happy scoring team can line up like ten-pins and be amusingly bowled over -- no penalty, no problem.  But pointing at some one -- pointing! -- is verboten.

NFL = No Fun League.

(P.S. -- Jacksonville won the game.  So there.)