2018 Year-in-Review: The Most Memorable Touchdown Celebrations
All season long I’ve been tracking the best celebrations of each week. We hope watching grown men joyously revel in their small victories has brought a bevy of smiles. After studying the celebrations since September I am thrilled to bring you the best celebration in 2018.
Note: These are all in-game time celebrations I did not include postgame celebrations, locker room speeches or media availability. Also, these are in no specific order. If you feel I missed one hit me up on Twitter @KaileyMizelle or simply let me know which was your favorite..
When the TD celebration is better than the halftime show
The Bears celebrated as one does in Motown with a tribute to the Temptations.
Remember when the @ChicagoBears did this 🤣🤣 https://t.co/i84mgsSA0B
— TheFootballGirl.com (@TFG_NFL) December 27, 2018
Digging for Trolls
The Seahawks, who are famously great at celebrations, trolled the 49ers with their digging for gold celebration.
— TheFootballGirl.com (@TFG_NFL) December 27, 2018
Super fighter
Using Dragon Ball Z as inspiration for their celebration Darren Fells and David Njoku performed the fusion dance from the Japanese cartoon series.
Going through the best celebrations this year and this definitely makes the list!! https://t.co/wFg3irHH3d
— TheFootballGirl.com (@TFG_NFL) December 27, 2018
Tip Drill
The Chiefs executed the tip drill, usually performed in basketball practices, to perfection.
The best time of year is going through 2018 celebrations https://t.co/yVTuM2ocwH
— Kailey Mizelle (@KaileyMizelle) December 27, 2018
It’s a Strike
The Titans took to the end zone for a bit of human bowling after their score.
Also made the best of list 🤣🤣 https://t.co/GYonm5ncqb
— Kailey Mizelle (@KaileyMizelle) December 27, 2018
A Baby on the Field
After his incredible catch, JuJu Smith-Schuster laid on the ground and pretending to give birth, though Smith-Schuster made it look easy, and then rocked his newly born baby in this weird TD celebration.
Best TD Celebration of the season so far, @TeamJuJu payed attention to detail and rocked the newborn baby like a good papa should ! #nfl #PittsburghSteelers #RedZone https://t.co/E3y966zW9k
— Kevin Mills (@kfgmmills) October 7, 2018
You used to call me on my cell phone
Michael Thomas hid cell phones in the end zone to pay homage to Joe Horn of the Saints who did something similar in 2003. After his TD Thomas grabbed the old-school flip phone and dialed earning him a $30,000 fine for use of a prop.
Stepover
It’s really hard to choose just one celebration as my favorite of the year, but this one comes close. The execution is perfect and it pays tribute to one of the funniest moments in basketball.
Step over and limbo are my top two from week 12!! https://t.co/ywfuU998lY
— Kailey Mizelle (@KaileyMizelle) November 26, 2018
Row your boat
Toward the end of the season, the celebrations started to take a page out of children’s dances and songs. This row your boat Chicago did was fantastic!
🚣♂️🚣♂️🚣♂️⛵️ https://t.co/ASFn9kXmx9
— TheFootballGirl.com (@TFG_NFL) December 27, 2018
How low can you go
Continuing the old school trend, the Vikings make a human limbo in one of the most creative celebrations of the year.
Lean back and go low https://t.co/JpaBjoyQON
— Kailey Mizelle (@KaileyMizelle) December 27, 2018
Just Dance
The Seahawks do it again with exceptional choreography and performance in their dancing celebration.
— TheFootballGirl.com (@TFG_NFL) December 27, 2018
The Office Tribute
Even Steve Carell noticed how amazing this celebration dance was!
Remember the Celebration
The Titans took a celebration from one of the greatest football movies when they performed the Remember the Titans moves.
So we tell them…so we tell them…
Best team celebration to date ☑️ https://t.co/GM26SOVszA
— Madden NFL 25 (@EAMaddenNFL) December 17, 2018
Big Guy Dancing
Large men swinging their arms and hips to no beat in particular and doing so unabashedly is incredibly funny and heartwarming to me, so naturally, I loved this celebration.
After my 3rd cup of coffee https://t.co/PBJB5uyGOa
— Kailey Mizelle (@KaileyMizelle) December 10, 2018
Back to the 90s
The Macarena performed by the Seahawks after a TD is one of the best moments from the year. Also funny is seeing the players practice for the celebration to make sure they remember the moves.
@twochaimz I hope this makes you love the Seahawks even more than you already do
even they know the Macarena is still cool 😎 https://t.co/GMjKZLat6d
— Allie Massner (@allie_massner) December 3, 2018
Look at Cheetah go
After Tyreek Hill scored he jumped into the stands and taking a page from Chad Ochocinco he grabbed the camera.
WATCH: Tyreek Hill jumps in stands, takes over TV camera for epic touchdown celebration https://t.co/netxK31vdD pic.twitter.com/j1IldiLO9c
— Sporting News NFL (@sn_nfl) November 11, 2018
Dad dance
Of course, we didn’t forget about the dead-arm dad dance by Kirk Cousins!
Can't forget about the dead arm dance in our best of celebrations – full post to come! https://t.co/25Uc8fGQVb
— TheFootballGirl.com (@TFG_NFL) December 27, 2018