The Terrell Owens celebration on the Cowboys star in 2000 remains one of the most disrespectful of all time in the NFL, one that got the then-San Francisco 49ers star hit by Dallas player George Teague when Owens attempted to celebrate a second touchdown in the middle of the field.
On Sunday, after Pittsburgh Steelers wideout JuJu Smith-Schuster scored in the eventual win over the Cowboys, he took the football and was heading toward the 50-yard line with it when Randy Gregory knocked it out of the receiver’s hands. He may have known exactly what was about to happen.
Yes, it was his intent to do the Owens celebration … and Cowboys DT Antwaun Woods was very much aware as well:
JuJu said he was going to do the T.O. Star celebration after his TD but 94 smacked the ball out of his hands, and James Conner came over and told him to not worry about it because it was a close game.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) November 9, 2020
DT Antwaun Woods said protecting the star and making sure JuJu didn’t go out there:
“Absolutely. I saw a video before the game that had him on the star. I knew that was something he might do. I was going to make sure he didn’t get there. We have zero tolerance for that.” https://t.co/9WW9MklyZl— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) November 9, 2020
Here’s the play:
.@TeamJuJu over the middle for the @Steelers TD!
Pittsburgh pulls within four. #HereWeGo
📺: #PITvsDAL on CBS
📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/LhAplcRHXB pic.twitter.com/MYjWkjjhc5— NFL (@NFL) November 8, 2020
Owens was a fan:
I see ya JuJu!!! Let em know!!! ⭐️ https://t.co/qME0oPEDVT
— Terrell Owens (@terrellowens) November 9, 2020
