Drake London’s Gun Celebration Almost Cost the Falcons on Late TD Against the Eagles

Stephen Douglas | Sep 16, 2024

Drake London celebrates a touchdown. /

The Atlanta Falcons stunned the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 2 walking away with a 22-21 victory on Monday Night Football. Kirk Cousins led a game-winning drive taking the team 70 yards in 1:05 and threw a touchdown pass to Drake London to tie the game at 21.

That's when things got interesting. London celebrated by pretending to fire a gun into the air while standing right next to an official. A flag was thrown and the game-winning extra point had to be taken from 48 yards out.

Luckily, kickers are awesome these days and Younghoe Koo drilled it. Here's the entire sequence that flipped the result of the game.

The Falcons' TD, unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and go-ahead extra-point.

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on the call for ESPN. 🏈📺🎙️ #MNF #NFL pic.twitter.com/55nlU1F0iy

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 17, 2024

London was penalized for what the NFL considers a "violent gesture." Deshaun Watson and David Njoku were previously fined for gun-related celebrations last season.

Here’s the “violent gesture” that led to one of Deshaun Watson’s three fines from Monday night.

Watson and David Njoku were each fined $13,659 for the gun-themed celebration after a #Browns TD. Watson was fined $35,513 total, including two fines for unnecessary roughness. pic.twitter.com/bYgU7D3kVY

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) September 23, 2023

Because London was penalized in the game, he may escape a fine, but we shall see.

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