Quote:What I find funny is that Marks was penalized for "taunting" and it gave Satan Manning a first down; but Golden Taint taunts Janoris Jenkins and the Rams defense before he scores a TD and the play stands. Complete double standard in my book.

This is a misunderstanding of the rule. Taunting is assessed after the result of the play. On a scoring play, this means the score will stand, and the penalty is assessed on the kickoff. You can argue if it should have been called or not, but the assessments you describe in your post are by the books and do not resemble a double standard.


That said, the competition committee is looking in to the taunting rule for next year. The idea is to make it a spot foul, meaning the markoff would start from the spot of the taunt. If in application today, such a rule adjustment would have negated Golden Tate's touchdown.

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