Bears’ Jaylon Johnson Evoked Infamous Randy Moss TD Celebration, but ESPN Broadcast Missed It

Jaylon Johnson paid homage to Randy Moss with a revealing celebration during the Bears-Vikings game in Week 12.
Bears’ Jaylon Johnson Evoked Infamous Randy Moss TD Celebration, but ESPN Broadcast Missed It
Bears’ Jaylon Johnson Evoked Infamous Randy Moss TD Celebration, but ESPN Broadcast Missed It /

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson may have had the raunchiest NFL celebration of the year in Week 12. The only thing is, not many people saw it.

During Chicago’s 12–10 win over Minnesota on Monday Night Football, Johnson picked off Vikings quarterback Josh Dobbs in the second quarter and returned the ball for 19 yards.

Following his game-changing third interception of the season, Johnson ran into the end zone and mimicked Randy Moss’s infamous mooning celebration. 

The ESPN broadcast didn’t show Johnson’s antics but if it had, play-by-play announcer Joe Buck might have called the celebration “disgusting.” That’s how Buck described Moss shooting the moon to the fans in Green Bay back in 2005, and his opinion likely hasn’t changed since then.

In January of 2005, Moss fake-mooned Packers fans after scoring a touchdown which, as expected, elicited plenty of boos at Lambeau Field. The NFL later fined him $10,000 for the celebration.

Johnson brought Moss’s fiery energy to last week’s NFC North matchup and left Vikings fans with a less-than-savory memory.

After a Week 13 bye, the Bears play the Lions on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. ET.


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Kristen Wong
KRISTEN WONG

Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. Outside of work, she has dreams of running her own sporty dive bar.