Clyde Edwards-Helaire hit with questionable taunting call on TD run
By Jake Rill
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Clyde Edwards-Helaire is back. After missing the Kansas City Chiefs’ previous 5 games due to a knee injury, the former LSU running back returned to action on Sunday.
It didn’t take long for Edwards-Helaire to make an impact, either. He scored a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of the Chiefs’ home matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. That score put Kansas City ahead, 16-3, which was its lead at halftime.
However, it wasn’t all good for Edwards-Helaire on the scoring play, because he became the latest player to get penalized by the NFL’s new taunting rules for 2021.
While Edwards-Helaire was crossing into the end zone, he pointed at a Cowboys defender. And that was enough for him to get hit with a penalty:
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It doesn’t seem like much, but this has been a point of emphasis around the NFL this year.
Still, that call didn’t change the fact that Edwards-Helaire scored a touchdown in his return. It was also his first rushing score of the 2021 season.
Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.
