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Since last season, New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks has celebrated touchdown grabs, first downs and other big plays with a bow-and-arrow motion, a gesture he explained gives glory to God.

The speedster Cooks was at it again Sunday against the Oakland Raiders as he caught a 98-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees and, true to form, celebrated.

It was an ideal scenario for SportsManias, a fantasy news source aggregator, and the NFL Players Association, as the two organizations kicked off their new partnership of creating real-time emojis for NFL fans by re-creating Cooks’s touchdown.