For running back Rico Dowdle, what was meant to be a touchdown celebration inspired by a comedy skit ended with a 15-yard penalty and a $14,491 fine. People are stunned and amused alike. But as it turns out, the team’s own meeting notes may have unintentionally set Dowdle up for the flag.

When asked about the whole two-pump controversy in the latest episode of the Up & Adams Show with Kay Adams , Panthers CB Jaycee Horn shared, “We’d actually gone over that exact Key & Peele skit in a team meeting a couple weeks ago. Coach Burko joked that three pumps would get you flagged, but two were fine. I guess Rico took that as the real rule. After that meeting, I even told the DBs, ‘Bro, our next turnover, we’ve got to do that celebration.’ So when I saw him pull it out and do the

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