NFL fans sound off after Lions' Jameson Williams penalized for TD celebration

NFL fans were upset with the punishment Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams received for the chaotic touchdown solemnisation helium performed connected Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Williams scored connected a 40-yard touchdown walk from Jared Goff successful the 2nd quarter. The touchdown tied the crippled astatine six apiece. After helium crossed the extremity line, Williams ran and hopped onto the padding astatine the basal of the goalpost.

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Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams celebrates scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, successful Philadelphia.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

He was called for unsportsmanlike behaviour for his action, and it proved to beryllium costly. Philadelphia accepted the punishment and enforced it connected the point-after try. Lions kicker Jake Bates needed to marque a longer tract extremity connected a windy nighttime astatine Lincoln Financial Field. He missed and the crippled stayed tied.

NFL fans sounded disconnected connected the punishment connected X.

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Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams (1) reacts aft scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Williams finished with 4 catches for 88 yards and the score. The Eagles, however, won the game, 16-9.

The fourth-year wide receiver has been connected 88% of the snaps connected discourtesy this twelvemonth contempt lone starting successful 7 of the team’s 9 games. Coming into the crippled against the Eagles, helium had 27 catches for 474 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Sunday’s touchdown was the 5th of the 2025 season. He’s coming disconnected of a 2024 play successful which helium had 58 catches for 1,001 yards and 7 touchdowns. Those numbers were each career-highs.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams (1) reacts to his archetypal down during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

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The Lions person 1 of the apical offenses successful the league, but they met their lucifer successful a bare Eagles defence connected the roadworthy that had played precise good successful caller weeks.

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