Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins were both fined for performing the “people’s elbow” move after achieving first downs on Thursday.
\n\nThe pair racked up a pricey punishment totaling $89,556 between them, with Higgins receiving four fines and Chase two during the game, according to the New York Post.
\n\nThe celebratory move involved the players placing their left hand on their right elbow and then slowly extending their right arm forward, the videos show.
\n\n“We got fined for the people’s elbow stuff,” Chase said after the game. “I would love to appeal it. It’s something we made up, and then everybody else saying what it is. Everybody gonna have their own opinion of what it looked like.”
\n\nHe also said he hopes that the NFL Players Association will finally speak up and try to put an end to all the fines that officials keep doling out. He even said he’d get fined for posting about it on social media.
\n\n“I don’t even think we can tweet about it because we get fined for tweeting about it,” Chase explained. “So, like it’s really like players gotta keep their mouth shut and deal with it. We gotta have a…
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