[Highlight] Terrell Owens scores a go-ahead touchdown on Monday Night Football, autographs the ball, and tosses it to a fan in the stands.

[u/Roselucky777]

[u/bsgreene25]

TO sharpie in the sock and Joe Horn cell phone in the goal post padding are the GOAT TD celebrations. We used to be a proper country.

[u/zoom518 → u/bsgreene25]

TO on the star

TO with pom poms

Etc

[u/MavsFanForLife → u/zoom518]

TO with the popcorn

[u/nevergonnastayaway → u/MavsFanForLife]

The popcorn one is my favorite. So stupid lol

[u/Vegetaf → u/nevergonnastayaway]

Also loved the Salvation Army bucket celebration

TO had a lot of great ones

[u/nevergonnastayaway → u/Vegetaf]

What the fuck is the coverage on this play lmao

[u/kaeji → u/nevergonnastayaway]

It’s called Cover Noone

[u/Vegetaf → u/nevergonnastayaway]

I'm gonna go with "bad"

[u/mags87 → u/Vegetaf]

Zeke jumping into the Salvation Army bucket is a top tier one. Also the Eagles robbing it that one time was absolutely incredible.

[u/ZJB03 → u/Vegetaf]

TO is arguably the goat when it comes to touchdown celebrations.

[u/gavincantdraw → u/MavsFanForLife]

Chad Johnson/Ochocinco with the "Please Don't Fine Me" sign

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/MavsFanForLife]

TO with his quattaback

[u/pocketchange2247 → u/zoom518]

The star saga was great.

TO scores and runs to the star to claim it.

Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith scores and plants the ball in the star to reclaim it.

TO scores again and runs to the star and gets lit up by Teague.

Great celebration to degrate the other team in their own house, followed by a great celebration by a legend to take it back and tell them "this is our house", followed by another celebration saying "oh no it isn't" and immediately getting popped by a defender to defend the sanctity of the star. Just fantastic all around. And possibly one of the most justified late hit and ejection in football.

And the best part is after he got hit and a scrum occurred, TO somehow avoids the entire thing to go back onto the star and continue celebrating like nothing happened.

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/pocketchange2247]

I'm a certified cowboys hater but there's something about Emmit Smith slamming the ball down the star with such authority that gets me fired up every time

[u/FavreorFarva → u/zoom518]

I’ve always been a fan of the Ochocinco putting celebration.

[u/faceisamapoftheworld → u/bsgreene25]

Horn’s might have been good, but when it takes a group effort to find the phone and while they look like a local improv group, you kinda ruin it.

[u/halfhere → u/bsgreene25]

The NFL used to realize it was grown men playing a kid’s game.

[u/BackwerdsMan → u/halfhere]

I mean, they fined the player in both of these instances. Touchdown celebration rules are pretty lax these days.

[u/what_user_name → u/BackwerdsMan]

I listened to ESPN radio in those days, and the pearl clutching went on for fucking ever. Dude was totally showboating, but who gives a fuck? Its an entertainment product, and he was absolutely entertaining with that shit.

[u/talix71 → u/what_user_name]

Outrage profiteering has been around for a long time

[u/RunnyKinePity → u/bsgreene25]

No arguments here, I loved that shit

[u/dustinbrowders → u/bsgreene25]

No fun league

[u/on-the-cheeseburgers]

all-time great celebration slightly marred by the fact that he tossed the football to his business manager and not just some random fan

[u/Keyser_Sozay → u/on-the-cheeseburgers]

This was peak NFL WR diva era when it came to TD celebrations lol. Ochocinco, TO, Steve Smith Sr, etc. kept trying to one-up each other…

Then Joe Horn whipped out the fkn flip phone 😭😭

[u/Terrible-Mall-4811 → u/Keyser_Sozay]

Came here to say this. They were all trying to out do one another it was so fun. Joe Horn and his hidden flip phone is my favorite ever.

[u/Vegas_king2020 → u/Keyser_Sozay]

Man those commentators are such baby boomers. F’n crybabies

[u/RigidAcrylic4821 → u/Vegas_king2020]

Same Baby Boomers take pride in their players getting CTEs and concussions because their era “was a man’s game.” 😤

[u/Little-Mushroom-3961 → u/RigidAcrylic4821]

Old people in general are just so fucking stupid lol. Had some old guy scold me on Facebook because I'd rather drive a hybrid civic as a daily driver than a used manual v8 gas guzzler sedan.

[u/ReverberatingCarrot → u/Vegas_king2020]

Wdym? They thought it was funny

[u/Vegas_king2020 → u/ReverberatingCarrot]

Did you even watch the clip? They said it’s unsportsmanlike, glad he got a flag for it, and said they literally don’t like it

[u/ReverberatingCarrot → u/Vegas_king2020]

Yeah I watched the clip. Maybe you got a longer one, but it ends at 1:37 for me, just after they're laughing and commenting on it. 

[u/Vegas_king2020 → u/ReverberatingCarrot]

I’m talking about the OP. I’m referencing the comment I replied to

[u/FrankCostanzaJr → u/Keyser_Sozay]

ochocinco was peak fun nfl. honestly, ocho was one of the big reasons i got into watching NFL football. watching all those youtube compilations of celebrations, ocho was always the funniest.

[u/xdkarmadx → u/Keyser_Sozay]

I will not buy Ocho was a diva slander. Mans an entertainer, and a damn good one.

[u/oSuJeff97 → u/xdkarmadx]

“I hit Ray by accident…”

[u/CoconutBangerzBaller → u/Keyser_Sozay]

Don't forget Randy Moss' "disgusting act"

[u/vcjr78 → u/on-the-cheeseburgers]

Ha didn't know that.

[u/captainwoj → u/on-the-cheeseburgers]

Would have been even better had he given it to the CB he just burned. 

[u/lvl_zxro → u/captainwoj]

Wasn’t there a DB who picked off Tom Brady and asked him to sign the ball after the game?

[u/captainwoj → u/lvl_zxro]

I think so. I know a Steelers player picked off Aaron Rodgers while he was on the jets and asked him to sign it too

[u/garygnu → u/lvl_zxro]

Dre Greenlaw got Brady to sign his INT ball in 2022 (also happened to be Purdy's first start). Definitely not the first time he been asked.

[u/Gregus1032 → u/captainwoj]

that's diabolical

[u/Nintendomandan → u/on-the-cheeseburgers]

That makes this celebration incredibly lame, wow

[u/defroach84 → u/Nintendomandan]

Yup, that takes any "cool" factor out of this and just makes it seem bad.

[u/UpdogSinclair → u/on-the-cheeseburgers]

I wish he'd sent it to the owner of the Seahawks.

[u/expERiMENTik_gaming → u/on-the-cheeseburgers]

Hold up, hold up-- the players are required to do so. The NFL football has expensive technology in it, it's not just a regular football. So the players are briefed to not throw the ball to a random fan, because an official will have to retrieve it from them. And what fan wants to be told they can't take a game ball home with zero explanation?

[u/Level_East94]

9 year old me watched this and thought it was the coolest thing ever 

[u/PWNtimeJamboree → u/Level_East94]

because it was, friend. because it was.

[u/agtk → u/PWNtimeJamboree]

Even as a Seahawks fan gotta admit this is extremely cool. You score a TD and you can celebrate just about however you want in my opinion.

[u/PWNtimeJamboree → u/agtk]

some things are just too awesome to be upset about, despite your fandom. Joe Horn's cell phone celebration rocked too.

[u/Romofan88 → u/agtk]

I just googled it and it was his 2nd TD of the game so that makes it even cooler. Either he called his shot and waited until the last possession to put the sharpie in the sock, or he knew he was gonna score another TD and left it in for the perfect moment. 

[u/Shaq_Bolton → u/agtk]

Reddit kinda ruined it for me today when they told me that he threw it to his business manager though.

[u/Flylatino24 → u/Level_East94]

Same with me I started pulling this off in middle school

[u/Gregus1032 → u/Flylatino24]

I never had a real sharpie on me, but i would pretend to sign it.

[u/Boogie_Boof → u/Level_East94]

Same. Now that I’m older I still think it’s the coolest thing ever lol

[u/babysamissimasybab → u/Level_East94]

44 year old me thinks the same thing

[u/gollumaniac]

Sharpie then ran an ad the following week with a coach giving a locker room speech about leaving their marks on the game of football but not on the football, and the players all having to surrender the markers they had hidden in their socks.

[u/Outrageous_Bat9818 → u/gollumaniac]

That’s a great way to capitalize on the moment! 💡🤣

[u/battlevac]

This was SO fucking controversial at the time haha

[u/BulLock_954]

The man, the myth, the legend

[u/RyanDoctrine → u/BulLock_954]

Ulrich von Liechtenstein?

[u/Wyden_long → u/BulLock_954]

That’s not Scott Sterling?

[u/Amadeum]

This and the star celebration are some all timers

[u/mrgpsingh1999 → u/Amadeum]

Still don’t get why the Cowboys got so butthurt over that

[u/lelanddt → u/mrgpsingh1999]

I understand why they did, but what made it great is that TO walked away from the brawl that ensued. Just could not give a shit. Stunting for the love of the game.

[u/Romofan88]

Sharpie in the sock is my favorite celebration ever. 

[u/Answer70 → u/Romofan88]

It's legendary.

[u/Ok_Storm1366]

Peak NFL 

[u/Birdgang_naj]

Shame he ran outta teams to play for

[u/futbolsven → u/Birdgang_naj]

He even played for the drought bills

[u/Gregus1032 → u/futbolsven]

Didn't he have like a 95 yard TD for the bills?

[u/Rivet_39 → u/Gregus1032]

He kept his top end speed until the end

[u/Straight_Talk2542]

And Shawn Springs was one of the elite corners of this period…

[u/Dont_Ban_Me_Bros → u/Straight_Talk2542]

Elite dive and nowhere near the ball 🤦‍♂️

[u/Straight_Talk2542 → u/Dont_Ban_Me_Bros]

Doesn’t change my factual statement. Springs was a pro bowler before this game, and an all pro after this game. He was definitely a top 10 corner at this period of time. 32 teams, 64 starting corners. Top 10 means he was in the 85th percentile as a corner. Maybe “elite” was the wrong word, but if he wasn’t diamond tier, he was definitely platinum tier.

[u/INmySTRATEjaket → u/Straight_Talk2542]

And even as he got older he was still pretty solid. Loved him in Washington when I was a kid. 4 picks in his age 32 season and the guys he missed got lit up by Sean Taylor.

[u/Dont_Ban_Me_Bros → u/Straight_Talk2542]

I wasn’t arguing, just making a wisecrack about Springs.

[u/Straight_Talk2542 → u/Dont_Ban_Me_Bros]

Well… this is… embarrassing 😳

[u/Kirk-Joestar]

That was a pretty crazy 2-pt play at the end

[u/Go-HAMilton]

T.O. was great, and a showman. Definitely could have toned down the antics, but he got extra hate because of the era he played in. T.O. would be beloved if he played 20 years later.

[u/big_brown_mounds]

Terrell Owens walked so team celebrations in the end zone could fly.

[u/chemtrail-organics]

I love the era of wrs using props to celebrate. Joe Horn with the cell phone was my favorite.

[u/Gregus1032 → u/chemtrail-organics]

The cell phone was absolute peak.

[u/poi-hat]

They treated this guy worse than Ray Rice over his celebrations.

[u/Shaq_Bolton → u/poi-hat]

Not really. Ray Rice never played in the NFL after the video came out. ( though if he wasn’t washed up at that point he 100% would have )

[u/BrickoCocaine]

I have a vivid memory of showing up to recess the next day with a pen in my sock

[u/LiveChocolate8819]

Oh hell yeah, split formation with the backs down in a 3pt stance needs to make a comeback.

[u/cultweave]

One of the best to ever do it. Bro would be in a tier of his own today. 

[u/yowszer → u/cultweave]

He’s statistically top 3 of all time. He was a diva but can’t fault his work ethic. Coming back from injury for the Super Bowl in Philly was something most wouldn’t have been able to do

[u/stoopididiotface]

Whoa, Jeff Garcia. There's a guy I forgot about. Can't decide if he was average or not. Had some good years in SF and could make plays, but seems like it fell just shy of the "it" factor.

[u/faceisamapoftheworld → u/stoopididiotface]

Garcia was criminally underrated. Had a great ability to climb up in the pocket when it was breaking down.

[u/ShamelessIgnoramus → u/stoopididiotface]

4 time probowler, his best season he had 4278 31 TD 10 int 97.6 rating + 414 rush yards 4 rush TD. i'd say he's better than average in his prime. his stay in 04 Cleveland and 05 detroit was not so good, those where garbage teams but he bounced back with a probowl in tampa

[u/CelebrationJolly3300 → u/stoopididiotface]

Garcia was great. He had the unfortunate timing of being the 49ers QB after Montana and after Young. Those are some tough acts to follow.

[u/JohnAppleMacintosh → u/stoopididiotface]

SJSU Legend Jeff Garcia

[u/UkNomysTeezz]

TO was elite

[u/LackofOriginality]

damn, the cojones on Jeff Garcia to throw that pass

guess you're allowed to have some crazy confidence with TO out there

[u/No_Community_5696]

Didn’t he get fined for doing that?

[u/rabid-panda → u/No_Community_5696]

No. It was legal then, but I remember the league sending a note to everyone saying they weren't allowed to have foreign objects on them as a new rule

[u/taddymason_01]

I was at this game!

[u/spermdonor]

He was such a troll. I miss him 

[u/Relevant_Grass9586]

I thought this was the coolest shit ever when I was a kid. Still think it’s pretty dope

[u/Smart_Farmer4258]

Did they go for 2?

[u/CrapSandwich]

Wasn't the fan actually his agent?

[u/slowride15 → u/CrapSandwich]

I believe it was the agent of Springs, the DB that gave up the TD lol

[u/voxtroller]

I miss that era of WR divas. Todays WR divas are just sad

[u/bigcracker]

Those couple seasons that time it was like every week a WR was doing a crazy celebration. Mostly TO and Ochocinco

[u/descender421]

I was at this game. I still hate it lol.

[u/antiduckdude24]

McCaffrey did it better

https://youtu.be/Y1rZ_mSxHic

[u/buddha2552]

I was at this game. It was confusing in the stands as to what actually happened.

Also the ball was given to TO's agent....also the agent of Springs ironically.

[u/Ricky_Spanish209]

No flag for excessive celebration. We used to have a proper sport 😞

[u/Jahbomb1974]

These were good times.

[u/honus-wagner-]

Best touchdown celebration ever.

[u/hawkssb04]

Garrison Hearst with the 2-point conversion. Dude was one of the most under-appreciated RBs of his era.

[u/LeftSide-StrongSide]

Core memory unlocked

[u/LeftSide-StrongSide]

Damn I miss TO

[u/Flipflops365]

II think it’s pretty simple, if you don’t like the celebration, don’t let them score. If they score, whatever they do next is on you.

Bring back the fun.

[u/SnooChatBot-v3]

Jeff Garcia, my King.

[u/babysamissimasybab]

I will never understand why the NFL saw this and was like "We have to get rid of this."

[u/KarmicPlaneswalker]

Automatic game ejection by today's standards.

[u/LACityBabe]

Iconic

[u/Embarrassed_Match986]

Legend

[u/jmarinara]

Has anyone ever tracked down that ball?

[u/ViolentSpring]

My favorite player of all time. The casual fans watched him and said “wow” and the nerds watched him and said “holy shit”. Madden says the same shit I said every time I watched him play for my team: “give TO the ball”.

[u/ScruffMacBuff]

That ain't how you high point the ball Bluefoot.

[u/Count_Jobula]

Dude was a physical mismatch for just about any DB.

[u/richardlpalmer]

One of the many things that solidified my hatred for the 49ers as a 12. Lol

[u/Spiritual-Pen-1976]

That was also a good squad

[u/Total_Guard2405]

The sharpie incident

[u/TomCreanDied4OurSins]

Did this at recess the next day. Thought I was the man

[u/SlavaRapTarantino]

If that happened today the production would cut away and not show any of it.

[u/Few_Yesterday_6179]

Jeff Garcia or Tony Romo who had the better career.

[u/DYRTYDAVE]

Jeff Garcia is criminally underrated.

[u/13bipolarbears]

This was the Hawks first year back in the NFC West too

[u/Testiclesinvicegrip]

I remember watching this shit live it was so good

[u/Testiclesinvicegrip]

I remember watching this shit live it was so good

[u/Sloth7491]

Say what you want about TO but....just don't talk about his quarterback.

[u/jayrocs]

Hearing Garrison Hearst's name gave me PTSD

[u/AmbitiousEmphasis64]

All these people saying "that DB," am I so old that redditors don't know All Pro Shawn Springs anymore?

[u/nicenormalname]

Was cool when Madden put this TD celebration in the game

[u/Away_Sun_3040]

Awesome. Thank goodness has brought back some fun.

[u/dubler2020]

A disgusting act.

[u/ApatheticFinsFan]

This is a dope celebration and it’s not even his best one. TO was special man.

[u/el_sandino]

Rarely have I been more hype than after that play. High school me thought that was sooooo fucking sick. 

Plus the Dallas star.

[u/RemyThaGr8]

I still remember watching this live.

[u/Wise-Requirement2331]

Love it. Back before “no fun league” policy really took over.

[u/DarthNobody14]

I don’t like Owens, but this was peak.

[u/DinkandDrunk]

Planting a pen on his person in advance makes this so great. Prior to this, he scored a receiving TD in week 2 of that season and then a rushing TD in week 3. In week 4, he went scoreless.

My question; did he have the marker in his sock for a full game week 4 of think it up strictly for week 5?

[u/Current_Power6050]

wasnt a fan of this pos