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When the NFL stepped up taunting penalties, it had this player in mind

More often than not, there is an incident that shifts the NFL’s bad idea factory into overdrive. And the league’s renewed emphasis on taunting — which is off to a predictably poor start in the preseason — is no different.

So where did this all begin? Or more appropriately, who did it begin with?

Meet Tyreek Hill. The electrifying Kansas City Chiefs wideout whose pre-touchdown celebrations allegedly tweaked more than one member of the rule-emphasizing establishment last season.

That’s according to two league sources familiar with conversations between members of the NFL’s competition committee.