The Dallas Cowboys had a surprising scare Sunday at home against the listless Houston Texans in a game that wasn’t decided until the final minute when Ezekiel Elliott ran into the end zone for a short TD that gave the home team a 27-23 win.
After the TD, Zeke ran toward the Salvation Army kettle behind the end zone and for a second it looked like he was going to have some fun again and jump in it to celebrate his key play but at the last second he decided to pass up the chance.
Why? Because he and QB Dak Prescott were fined just over $13K each for doing that during their win over the Colts last week.
He came very close, though, to doing it again:
Zeke fakes the kettle jump pic.twitter.com/E89gZhgaGO
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) December 11, 2022
Hopefully the lame NFL doesn’t fine him for that.
Here’s the one that got him in trouble:
Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott were fined over $26,000 for this TD celebration last weekpic.twitter.com/ZBmMddsN5Q
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 10, 2022
Let them have some fun, NFL!
Here’s his game-winning TD:
EZEKIEL ELLIOTT FOR THE LEAD!
Odds via @tipico
Elliott anytime TD (-140)✅💰#DallasCowboys
— BetFTW (@Bet_ForTheWin) December 11, 2022
Twitter had reactions.
LOL A FAKE! #DallasCowboys | @dallascowboys #HOUvsDAL https://t.co/rT3z02LXNg
— Bubba Elofskey(Merry Green Christmas!💚❤️🐕🐐) (@BElofskey) December 11, 2022
Loooooove Zeke ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 https://t.co/uB7rdbOU8d
— Lucy ᵀᴴᴱ Optimist (@LucyPesk) December 11, 2022
One cheek touched = $1,000 fine pic.twitter.com/lAoN1F9Nxw
— Mike Renner (@PFF_Mike) December 11, 2022
One cheek = 2 feet = full fine
— Eli Joseph (@Elijosss) December 11, 2022
ZEEEEEEEEEKE!!! #DC4L https://t.co/GkmhwQJ8fl
— Bobby Jones (@BobbyJFinancial) December 11, 2022
I just love @EzekielElliott he never fails 🤷🏽♀️ https://t.co/TRRqBEmLqV
— Bre (@breguerrero12) December 11, 2022
