Allen Park — Jameson Williams took a 40-yard crossing route to the house, giving the Detroit Lions their only touchdown in last week’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Then he jumped onto and hugged the goal post, drawing a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct that pushed the extra point back 15 yards. Instead of a 33-yarder for kicker Jake Bates, it became a 48-yarder. Bates missed to the right, keeping the game tied.

Williams said this week he didn’t know his celebration would result in a flag, and that he’s not concerned about his celebrations becoming an issue because “I feel like I only got it (a penalty) one time a year. It’s something I can control, for sure.”

“I really ain’t know it was a penalty until I sat down on the bench I saw the field-goal team going out. I apologized to Jake, I apologized to (punter and holder) Jack (Fox), I apologized to Coach (Dan Campbell), everybody. … They told me it wasn’t my fault, but I felt like it was my fault in the moment. We’ve just got to make plays and be smarter.”

Asked what he said to Williams, Campbell said he told the receiver, “Hell of a play. Don’t do that again.”

Receivers coach Scottie Montgomery was upset with Williams immediately after the play.

“I think it’s very important that we control our emotions,” Montgomery said Friday. “When he came off the field, I did not control my emotions. … I think he understands what he did. I think Coach (Campbell) handled it as well as it possibly could be handled. I think he (Williams understands the gravity of that moment. It’s a teaching lesson, not just for him, but for other people in the room and other people in our building.”

Special teams coordinator Dave Fipp said it’s on his unit to make the kick, regardless of distance.

“If you’re a specialist or in my job, I mean it doesn’t matter. They say, ‘Field goal,’ then we go out there and kick a field goal. … So, I don’t get too caught up in the, ‘Oh, I can’t believe that happened to us.’ I mean, our job is to go out there and make the kick,” Fipp said. “If we go out there and make the kick, then we’re not even worried about it.”

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