{"id":928348,"date":"2026-10-10T23:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T23:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928348\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T23:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T23:50:10","slug":"nfl-fines-three-browns-players-including-deshaun-watson-for-smoking-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928348\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL fines three Browns players, including Deshaun Watson, for smoking celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/in-joint-statement-nfl-and-nflpa-say-drinking-celebrations-will-be-permitted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">joint statement<\/a> from the NFL and NFL Players Association regarding impermissible celebrations makes it clear that players will still be fined for, well, joints.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL fined three Browns players for a touchdown celebration that included the apparent passing of an imaginary marijuana cigarette after running back Quinshon Judkins scored a second-quarter touchdown against the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Judkins and quarterback Deshaun Watson were fined $14,397 for the infraction. Guard Austin Barber was fined only $6,944.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/camijustice\/status\/2109027530439004471?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Video of the celebration<\/a> shows Judkins taking a puff and passing to Barber, before Judkins takes a puff and passes to Watson.<\/p>\n<p>Those were the only celebrations that were fined for Week 4.<\/p>\n<p>The recent statement allows drinking celebrations; celebrations that depict smoking or drug use remain prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The joint statement from the NFL and NFL Players Association regarding impermissible celebrations makes it clear that players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-928348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}