
Video: Seahawks' Coby Bryant Fined for Marshawn Lynch TD Celebration vs. Cardinals
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Coby Bryant was fined $6,594 by the NFL for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during last Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.
The penalty stemmed from a gesture paying tribute to longtime Seahawk Marshawn Lynch. On his way into the end zone, Bryant performed an "obscene" celebration that included a "crotch grab."
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Bryant finished Sunday's 16-6 victory over the Cardinals with six tackles and a pick-six, which resulted in the touchdown at the center of the controversy.
The cornerback told reporters after the game that the celebration was planned and was inspired by a source of "energy" emanating from his dad and brother.
"Actually, I talk to my dad and my brother before every game and I just sensed the energy from those two before the game, and I told them once I get a pick-six I was doing it, because we're playing the Cardinals and everything," Bryant said.
Lynch famously used the gesture twice before at the end of two of his most iconic runs. Once in a playoff game-sealing touchdown against the New Orleans Saints and again on a 79-yard touchdown run in 2014 against the Cardinals.
"I was actually watching the (Arizona) game with my dad (at home)," Bryant said, according to Yahoo Sports' Kole Musgrove. "I am so happy to be drafted here. I told my parents I was going to do it, and it manifested itself!"
Despite the celebration controversy, Bryant's standout performance was acknowledged by the NFL, as he was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career.
The 25-year-old out of Cincinnati has 39 tackles, two interceptions and four passes defended this season.
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