Popular Baker Mayfield celebration banned by NFL

Mayfield employed this gesture quite often on first downs and big runs, as you can see below:

The gesture itself was popularized by Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. The celebration has a few different meanings, but the phrase itself was in turn popularized by rappers like Young Thug and is slang for defeating or killing an enemy. That connotation is likely the cause of the ban, so players who use it will have to adjust accordingly.

Mayfield used it in a different connotation as a "slime me up" gesture. While we still don't know exactly what that means here at BucsGameday, we can infer from a Baker Mayfield answer on the subject that it's probably not safe for work, and not in the violent sense of the term.

At any rate, Mayfield is going to have to pivot to a new celebration. Given how fired up he is on game days and how much his teammates love playing with him, I'm sure he and the rest of the squad will think of something.