Week in and week out the Pittsburgh Steelers have given us the best touchdown celebrations of the year.
It all started with an amazing Dragon Ball Z celebration by Smith-Schuster in week 5. Then a few weeks later, the Steelers executed an amazing Hide and Seek celebration that might be the best TD celebration in NFL history.
This week, the Steelers continued their awesome celebration streak when Juju Smith-Schuster and LeVeon Bell celebrated a touchdown by mocking last week’s AJ Green-Jalen Ramsey fight.
Apparently Bell and Schuster spend time meticulously planning out their TD celebrations every week.
Via ESPN
Here’s how it works: Bell and Smith-Schuster each keep a list of their favorite celebrations in the notes section of their iPhones. The two started these lists after the success of the hide-and-seek routine in Week 6, which was spontaneously agreed upon coming out of the Heinz Field tunnel.
But players will typically brainstorm the ideas on Fridays in the locker room. The Steelers want to incorporate teammates, so Bell and Smith-Schuster and others will let, say, the offensive linemen know about the plan and hope they join when the touchdown happens.
Antonio Brown, known as one of the league’s most trustworthy celebrators, is involved in the brainstorming sessions but is sort of a godfather figure who doesn’t have to do the heavy lifting.
Smith-Schuster, the league’s youngest player, has taken that inspiration to new levels. He has urged everyone on the offense to join in on the celebrations, even the quarterback.
“This is how I can relate to the fans,” Smith-Schuster said. “Me being a 20-year-old, the fact the NFL is allowing us to celebrate is the best thing ever. Now that you can do with teammates … everyone wins.”
It’s pretty awesome to see players having the freedom to celebrate in the end zone now that the NFL has stopped it’s idiotic ban on TD celebrations.