{"id":273873,"date":"2025-11-09T19:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/273873\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T19:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:42:11","slug":"dowdle-jones-both-stop-short-of-hingle-mccringleberry-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/273873\/","title":{"rendered":"Dowdle, Jones both stop short of Hingle McCringleberry celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4038815\/rico-dowdle\" data-player-guid=\"da1e8487-d66d-6ff0-7438-e9d6e77856e0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rico Dowdle<\/a> and Aaron Jones are apparently taking Hingle McCringleberry&#8217;s lesson to heart.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>Dowdle was fined $14,491 for a pelvic thrust celebration during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/car\/carolina-panthers\" data-clubhouse-guid=\"647c27bf-ab86-550e-5b83-91c29e73e4a9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/game\/_\/gameId\/401772872\/panthers-packers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16-13 win<\/a> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/gb\/green-bay-packers\" data-clubhouse-guid=\"06cd3bcf-7a86-53d4-28e7-aa049dd36261\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bay Packers<\/a> last Sunday. He appeared to imitate the celebration of Keegan-Michael Key&#8217;s character Hingle McCringleberry from &#8220;Key &amp; Peele,&#8221; who is penalized after a similar celebration in a football sketch.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, McCringleberry had a flag thrown after three thrusts. Dowdle limited himself to two, but as Key himself pointed out during a recent video call with the Panthers, the NFL&#8217;s rules are not the same as its television counterpart. Key and his wife, Elle, also donated $15,000 to Dowdle&#8217;s charity GoFundMe that the running back set up after the fine, with money going to the Children&#8217;s Home Society of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring a touchdown on Sunday, Dowdle posed as if he was about to do a McCringleberry celebration &#8212; then stopped himself, cannily avoiding a fine.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zero pumps<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/budlight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@BudLight<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForTheCelly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ForTheCelly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FbIULA84ZJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/FbIULA84ZJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Panthers\/status\/1987587774891819343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 9, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Jones did the same thing during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-vikings\" data-clubhouse-guid=\"3db556c9-ed76-a7a5-4ccb-a92fc6db4334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>&#8216; game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/bal\/baltimore-ravens\" data-clubhouse-guid=\"38248455-3da4-84e4-8090-98b5cc38ffdc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nope not today \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YqfCD4PMZk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YqfCD4PMZk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vikings\/status\/1987587631908352058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 9, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Could this be the start of a trend? We&#8217;ll see if any other players follow suit.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rico Dowdle and Aaron Jones are apparently taking Hingle McCringleberry&#8217;s lesson to heart. 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