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Report: Goal-post dunks still not allowed under new celebration rules

Derick E. Hingle / USA TODAY Sports

Sorry, Jimmy Graham. You're still not allowed to show us your dunks in the end zone.

While the NFL announced they will relax celebration penalties next season, players will still not be allowed to dunk the ball over the crossbar after touchdowns, a source told ESPN's Kevin Seifert on Wednesday.

The new rules are supposed to allow the use of the ball as a prop, but the possibility of a delay of game has outlawed the end zone dunk.

In 2013, Graham, then with the New Orleans Saints, dunked the ball through the goalposts at the Georgia Dome, causing them to tilt. It took the game operation staff several minutes to fix the posts before play could resume, and the following season dunks were banned.

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