Josh Norman's Advice to Opponents Who Don't Like Panthers Celebrating: 'Stop Us'
The 13-0 Carolina Panthers continue to steamroll all teams, cities and geographic fixtures that get in their way.
That's just what's happening this season, and they've made it clear: They will celebrate this run until someone stops it.
Cam Newton explained this muchย in November, according to the Charlotte Observer's Joe Person (h/t NFL.com), telling everyone who may not appreciate his touchdown celebrations that the best way to curtail them is to keep him out of the end zone.
Now, Josh Norman is elaborating on this belief.
In an interview on the Rich Eisen Showย on Wednesday afternoon (h/t theย Big Lead's Ryan Glasspiegel), Norman explained that the Panthers are a young team that's going to revel in this hot streak. And if that bothers you, well, do something about it:
"Is it the norm that this stuff happens every day...in the NFL? ... You gotta just take our team as a whole. Letโs start assessing it. We are young. We maybe have 10 or so, maybe 15 people on the team that are over 30. Weโre young. Weโre in our 22s to 28-29 range of fun guys and men. Fun men.
Weโre gonna do things those age youth and do, and weโre gonna do it just in a way that you might not like for us to do it, but when weโre out here on this field, stop us. Thatโs just how I feel about it. If you see something that you donโt like, stop it. And if you canโt stop it, just let it happen. Move to the side and let it happen. I mean, weโre gonna have fun whether you like it or not. And that's just the way we have our fun. This is how we express ourselves.
... If there's a problem, please do come and tell us. But if you do want to tell us, please tell us on the field.
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And there's the rub: No one's been able to tell Carolina about it on the field.
Sure, some have been able to do it in press conferences and open lettersย featuring the wisdom of worldly nine-year-olds, but no one's been able to drop an actual, tangible L on the Panthers' parade.
So it's a dab-or-be-dabbed-upon world right now. Get a win or get used to it.
Dan is on Twitter. One of his family members is going to dab during Christmas. He can feel it in his bones.
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