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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase confirmed Thursday the league fined him and teammate Tee Higgins for their new “people’s elbow” celebration.
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league → confirm → celebration
Chase insisted the “people’s elbow” celebration, which involves grabbing his right elbow with his left hand and flopping the right arm forward, isn’t the sort of off-color humor others have made it out to be on social media, and they are simply creating a new way to signal a first down.
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they → insist → down
The NFL disagreed and fined both receivers.
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NFL → disagree → receivers
“We got fined for the people’s elbow stuff,” Chase said.
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Chase → fin → stuff
“I would love to appeal it.
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I → love → it
It’s something we made up, and then everybody else saying what it is.
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it → ’ → ?
Everybody gonna have their own opinion of what it looked like.
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it → go → what
Chase, who has been fined six times by the league for various infractions, said he hopes the latest punishments from the league spur action within the NFLPA.
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punishments → fin → NFLPA
The league also fined San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk for what he claimed was a misinterpreted celebration.
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he → fin → Juszczyk
The league said the fine was for imitating chugging a beer, but Juszczyk, whose nickname is “Juice,” said he’s been doing the celebration for years and he’s just drinking his juice.
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he → say → juice
“I think this is where the superstars have to get in with the NFLPA and fight for our money because if he’s getting fined for doing a drinking gesture, a juice gesture and I’m getting fined for an elbow and doing the first down thing, I don’t know,” Chase said.
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Chase → think → thing
“I don’t even think we can tweet about it because we get fined for tweeting about it,” Chase added.
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Chase → think → it
“So like it’s really like players gotta keep their mouth shut and deal with it.
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players → ’ → it
We gotta have a superstar in the NFLPA to do something about it, help us along the way.”
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We → got → way
Chase’s six career fines have totaled $613,162 and include a previous obscene gesture designation when he flashed two middle fingers at Pittsburgh safety Minkah Fitzpatrick in the 2022 season opener.
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he → total → opener
Last season, Chase was suspended for one game for spitting on Pittsburgh cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
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Chase → suspend → Ramsey
The suspension cost him $507,156.
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suspension → cost → 507,156
The Bengals face the Steelers (1-1) on Sunday.
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Bengals → face → Sunday
He’s also been fined for verbally abusing an official at Kansas City in 2024 ($31,599), an obscene gesture in a 2024 game against Baltimore ($19,697) and taunting against the Chiefs in 2022 ($15,914).
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He → fin → 15,914
Bengals wide receiver Andrei Iosivas successfully appealed a fine for a “violent gesture” when he used a bow-and-arrow celebration after a touchdown in Kansas City in 2024.
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he → appeal → 2024
Iosivas hasn’t used the celebration since winning the appeal.
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Iosivas → use → appeal
Chase is hoping what he believes is a vague gesture will lead to he and Higgins winning their appeal, but he didn’t commit to not using the celebration in the feature, even demonstrating a possible to tweak to it during his news conference.
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he → hop → conference
“This is literally like a wrestling move,” he said.
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he → say → move
“It was something different for us, something new, something we’re trying to be unique.
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we → try → us
They’re just stopping the fun.”
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They → stop → fun
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