New Orleans Saints receiver Brandin Cooks is frustrated by the NFL's sudden crackdown on the bow-and-arrow touchdown celebration that he began as a sign of his faith in God.
Cooks himself has never been fined or penalized for the gesture -- which has become so associated with him that the NFL Players Association and a partner company created an emoji of Cooks shooting an arrow. But Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman was hit with both a penalty and a fine two weeks ago, with the NFL's head of officiating Dean Blandino explaining that it "mimics a violent act.