NFL Insider: Practice jubilation in moderation

Jarius Wright blew a simple kiss to the crowd when he beat Richard Sherman, the self-proclaimed best cornerback in the NFL, for a touchdown off a double move in Seattle last season.

"I've never been really much of a celebrator," the Vikings receiver said this week. "But I've never gotten hurt celebrating, either."

Wright shook his head. Like a lot of NFL players, he can't imagine how bad it must feel to be Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch this week.

Tulloch was the league's active defensive ironman a week ago. But his streak of consecutive games played ended at 131 when an overzealous sack celebration ended with him blowing out the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. His season is over.

"I hadn't heard about that," said Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner, who was the Redskins head coach when quarterback Gus Frerotte was injured head-butting a wall while celebrating a touchdown in 1997.

"I thought I had seen them all. But I guess not."

Tulloch sacked Aaron Rodgers, which isn't all that rare considering the Packers rank 30th in sacks allowed per pass play. But Tulloch used the moment to do his version of Rodgers' State Farm "Discount Double-Check" commercial routine.

"I think guys will look at what he did and be a little bit more cautious," Wright said. "Maybe not jump as high or as hard as he did. Maybe just stay on your feet and do that 'Discount' thing."

Tulloch limped to the sideline and actually returned to the field, where he collapsed after his first snap. He probably knew the knee was gone before he went back in, but what would you do in that situation?

"Oh man, I might crawl into the stands and not even go back to the sidelines," Wright said. "Not only is it embarrassing, but what do you say to your coaches about what just happened? There's nothing you could say."

Turner said he always talked about curbing celebrations when he addressed players as a head coach.

"You say that stuff from the get-go," Turner said. "It's one of the first things you talk about when you get to training camp. But part of it is the energy and excitement of the game."

Tulloch has shrugged off the extra attention he has received this week.

"Unfortunately, I got up in celebration and it happened," he told reporters. "But I ain't embarrassed by nothing. We all celebrate when we make a play."

No. 2 on the active ironman list at linebacker is the Vikings' Chad Greenway. He has played in 115 consecutive games, including 90 starts, which is tops among active linebackers.

That streak is probably over, since Greenway didn't practice all week and was listed as "out" on the Vikings injury report because of a broken rib and broken left hand. Coach Mike Zimmer admitted he shouldn't have allowed Greenway to lobby his way onto the field in that condition a week ago.

"He probably will be out, unless we have a miraculous recovery," Zimmer said Friday.

The new active defensive ironmen would be Steelers cornerback William Gay and Raiders defensive end Jon Condo. If they play, it would be their 116th consecutive games.

Cowboys tight end Jason Witten leads all non-kickers and punters at 174 games.

"You never want to see that happen to anybody," Wright said of Tulloch. "I guess it's a learning experience for everybody."

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Blair Walsh made 73.8 percent of his field goals at Georgia. Nate Freese made 86.4 percent of his at Boston College.

Walsh made 60 percent (21 of 35) as a senior in 2011. Freese made 100 percent (20 of 20) as a senior in 2013.

Yet it is the Vikings' Walsh who set the bar for NFL rookie kickers for decades to come, if not permanently, and Freese who was released in Detroit this week after only three NFL games.

"It's tough," said Walsh, a sixth-round draft pick of the Vikings in 2012. "There's definitely a learning curve as a rookie. There are certain mistakes that I made that I feel I would not make now.

"But at the same time, it's not like another position where you have to learn a playbook and stuff like that. You're just out there handling your job. And it doesn't change from college."

In 2012, Walsh, a sixth-round draft pick, made 35 of 38 field-goal attempts, including an NFL-record 10 of 10 from 50 yards and farther, while earning Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors. Freese, a seventh-round pick in 2014, missed four of seven attempts, all between 40 and 49 yards.

"It's difficult to put your finger on why," Lions coach Jim Caldwell said. "At this particular level, it's difficult. You get heavily scrutinized and the pressure mounts on you."

The Lions signed former Eagle Alex Henery, who lost his job to undrafted rookie Cody Parkey. Parkey has made eight of nine attempts, including two of two from 50 and beyond.

But Parkey isn't the top rookie kicker. So far this season, that distinction belongs to Arizona's Chandler Catanzaro, another undrafted player who has made all nine attempts, including one from 50 and beyond.