Moss, Portis upset with penalties

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The "No Fun League" reared its head in the Washington Redskins' 36-30 overtime win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

A week after Redskins running back Clinton Portis was flagged 15 yards for a debatable taunting call, the officiating crew called two penalties -- one on each team -- for choreographed celebrations. The rule, new this season, aims to prevent several players from performing on-field shenanigans.

The Redskins drew a penalty following Santana Moss' first touchdown, when Brandon Lloyd came up from behind and picked up Moss for a few seconds. The 15-yard penalty forced the Redskins' to kick off from their own 15 yard, and the Jaguars returned the kick 40 yards to start their drive at the Washington 45, eventually scoring a touchdown.

Following Lloyd's fumble in the fourth quarter, Jacksonville safety Deon Grant and a teammate did a quick dance in the end zone. The Jaguars were pushed back 15 yards from the Washington 18 and eventually settled for a field goal.

Yesterday, the Redskins questioned their penalty.

'That was [ridiculous]," Moss said of his penalty. "I stood there and there are plenty of guys that jump on the pile and don't get the flag. All Brandon did was pick me up. We didn't dance."

Said coach Joe Gibbs: "That goes on all the time but we're going to research it because it's an example of a penalty that set them up for a touchdown."

Portis is upset with most of the league-mandated rules that he said are "taking the fun out of the game."

"Week in and week out, it's something," Portis said. "The league might as well go and get robots to play the game. Everybody has to look the same, guys can't do this, can't do that."

Portis said he was fined $5,000 last month when he sprinted down the sideline in Dallas to celebrate with Rock Cartwright after the Cartwright's 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Portis wasn't in uniform but it didn't matter.