Only one issue can unite NFL fans in Philadelphia and Dallas, in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, in Chicago and Green Bay.
Decades-old rivalries melt away amid rising frustration over the league’s latest sportsmanship crusade.
The NFL’s offseason directive to crack down on taunting has so far yielded a barrage of penalty flags. Referees have already assessed 10 penalties for taunting during the first two weekends of the NFL season. There were only 10 taunting penalties during the entire 2020 NFL season, per NFLpenalties.com. The league average has been 15.6 per season since 2009.