Rico Dowdle And Aaron Jones is apparently taking Hingley McRingleberry’s lessons to heart.
Dowdle was fined $14,491 for pelvic thrust celebration during carolina panthers, win 16-13 against green Bay Packers last Sunday. He appeared to mimic the celebration of Keegan-Michael Key’s character Hingle McRingleberry from “Key & Peele”, who is punished after a similar celebration in a football sketch.
Crucially, McCringleberry threw a flag after three forced fumbles. Dowdle limited himself to two, but as Key himself pointed out during a recent video call with the Panthers, the NFL’s rules aren’t the same as a sketch. Key and his wife Elle also donated $15,000 to Dowdle’s charity GoFundMe, which was set up by the running back after the fine, with the money going to the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina.
After scoring a touchdown Sunday, Dowdle posed as if he was about to celebrate McCringleberry — then restrained himself, cleverly avoiding a penalty.
void pump@Kala Prakash , #for kelly pic.twitter.com/FbIULA84ZJ
– Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) 9 November 2025
Jones did the same thing during minnesota vikingsgame against Baltimore Ravens,
No not today 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/YqfCD4PMZk
– Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) 9 November 2025
Could this be the start of a trend? We’ll see if any other players follow suit.
