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The Detroit Lions scored early and often in their 35-10 blowout of the New England Patriots in Germany, and their touchdowns featured some unusual end zone antics.
After wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown scored his second touchdown, multiple teammates joined him in an apparent "Human Centipede" celebration.
Video of the unique celebration quickly circulated on social media, including X, where fans shared some hilarious and disgusted reactions. St. Brown was also asked about the unusual touchdown celebration after the win.
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"I said, 'First touchdown, we gotta do it.' I scored the first one; I was too lit," St. Brown told the media postgame, adding, "I forgot to do it, so that was that. I get on the sideline, I tell 'Jahmyr [Gibbs], if you score, you should hop on a little blue thing. It'll be sick. Just do that."
"Jahmyr scores. He does that. [Isaac] TeSlaa, he scores; it was his first touchdown of the year. I scored the second one; I was like, 'Ok we gotta do that.' I was on the ground when they pushed me in; I was like, 'TesLaa, let's do the celebration, let's do it right now,'" he said, adding that his teammate was on board.
"I got down; we all did it. It was lit," St. Brown said.
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St. Brown scored his second touchdown of the game, a 28-yard reception from Jared Goff, in the third quarter, and then the crazy celebration occurred.
The move involved multiple Lions players getting down on their hands and knees near the back of the end zone. Each player grabbed the ankles of the teammate directly in front of them, creating a human chain, with St. Brown at the front of the line and TeSlaa right behind him.
A video clip shows the "human centipede TD celebration" which drew various reactions from fans on social media, including those who loved seeing it, and others not so much.
"Not my team, but that's hilarious. Better than the Rockettes kickline," one commenter wrote, referring to a previous Lions' celebration.
"Nah fam, this some disrespectful [expletive] the refs were ready to join in," a commenter said.
Another wrote, "I wanted to laugh but we were eating pot roast that cooked overnight and I was looking forward to. Lost my appetite real quick."
"Hell nah….There ain’t not one reason why they needed to recreate the nastiest [expletive] ever," a commenter said.
It was definitely a surprising choice for a touchdown celebration. For many, it brought to mind the 2009 low-budget Dutch horror film "The Human Centipede (First Sequence)," which features a retired German surgeon, Dr. Josef Heiter, who kidnaps three tourists for a disturbing experiment.
While it was something different for a horror concept, many consider the film grotesque and disturbing.
One also has to wonder if a lot of fans in Germany thought of the touchdown celebration as possibly being an homage to that movie, and if they found it humorous or disrespectful.
St. Brown has already received multiple NFL fines this season for unsportsmanlike conduct, including violations deemed "Illegal celebrations and vulgar acts." Whether the league considers Sunday's unusual celebration another punishable offense remains to be seen, as there were more Lions than just St. Brown participating in it.
Meanwhile, the Lions picked up a win in Munich, Germany, to improve to 7-2, keeping them atop the NFC North with the Chicago Bears.
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