The blowout of week 13″wipe the nose“The fines didn’t completely wipe out the Week 14 celebration.
The NFL fined Dolphins running backs De’Von Achane and Jaylen Wright for a “violent gesture” after Achane’s 13-yard touchdown run in the first quarter against the Jets. Achane was fined $8,238; Wright was fined $6,388.
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The broadcast of the game showed a group of Dolphins players initially sitting around a campfire, with the ball serving as the flame. After getting up, Achane and Wright engaged in a two-person celebration in which they both wiped their noses before holding out both hands like guns and holstering them.
It is possible that the fine covers both actions. It is also possible that because the thumbs remained stable, the rear of the celebration was not seen as simulating a handgun. (And, yes, the line for finger guns apparently depends on thumb movement, or lack thereof.)
Regardless, the forbidden “nose wiping” is unmistakable. Given that the league issued five fines for this decision in Week 13, Achane and Wright were likely punished at least in part for something that was neither a pick nor a scratch.
