Browns players hit with fines for pretending to smoke after scoring a touchdown

NFL celebrations are in the news once again, and a few Cleveland Browns players are learning that while the league’s guidelines are sometimes murky, you can’t pretend to puff-puff-pass a doob in the end zone.

Sorry, I don’t make those rules.

The Browns took on the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers this week. In the second quarter, running back Quinshon Judkins found the end zone, and that was reason enough to light up some pretend jazz cigarettes.

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The league, perhaps predictably, didn’t dig that one.

It was announced on Saturday that Judkins and QB Deshaun Watson had been fined a cool $14,397, while guard Austin Barber, who also snuck a hit off of the invisible blunt, had to pony up $6,944.

A few Cleveland Browns players were fined for their marijuana-flavored touchdown celebration. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)

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This comes after the league rescinded fines levied against 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk and Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson for pretending to chug an imaginary drink.

After meeting with the NFLPA, the league decided that drinking celebrations were okay, but obviously, smoking celebrations are still verboten.

Celebrations like Kyle Juszczyk’s signature chug have been in the news lately. (SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 20: Kyle Juszczyk #44 of the San Francisco 49ers does his signature drinking reaction after scoring a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins at Levi’s Stadium on September 20, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images))

Which clears things up a little bit… but I think we need further experimentation.

I think for the sake of understanding these rules, a player needs to score and then celebrate by pretending to sip a glass of scotch while puffing away on an imaginary cigar.

Is that a drinking celebration or a smoking celebration?

Just sounds like a gentleman detective unwinding in his study to me, but how does the NFL see it? Is it a fine? Is it not a fine? Is it a smaller fine because the drinking dilutes the smoking?

Does it matter that they’re just pretending to smoke something that doesn’t have the “Reefer Madness” element to it?

Fans and players need clarification on the nuances of smoking and drinking celebrations, and as far as I can tell, this is the only way to find out.

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…Well, I guess someone could just ask, but my way is more fun.