Brandin Cooks Comments on NFL’s Crackdown of Bow-and-Arrow Celebration

October 12, 2016   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

Shortly after Week 4 of the NFL concluded, the league flexed its legislative muscles once again when it fined Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman for a bow-and-arrow celebration after he was penalized for it during a game against the Cleveland Browns. 
It's a move that's upset New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks, as he spoke with Joel A. Erickson of the Advocate on Tuesday:
I've been doing it for three years now, and there was never a complaint about it. Now, all of a sudden, there is. It just reminds me that, it's almost as if they try to take so much away from us, but for something like this, that means so much to someone that has nothing to do with violence, it's frustrating. I'll definitely continue to speak my opinion about it, and if they have a problem with it, so be it.
As a player whose Instagram handle is "thearcher10," Cooks has made the bow-and-arrow celebration commonplace, via the NFL:
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