Jacksonville Jaguars pass rusher Josh Hines-Allen stood in the end zone and began his sack celebration.

Though it wasn’t immediately called on the field, he knew he got Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Riley Leonard down for a safety.

Or maybe he didn’t?

Hines-Allen said he actually didn’t even remember doing the sack dance after the play.

“My body just took over, man,” he told reporters. “It just felt like I needed to do that. But someone asked me did it do it? I was like, ‘No, I didn’t do it.’ So I didn’t even know, instincts just taking over.”

Hines-Allen and the Jaguars were celebrating all game against the Colts as they moved into sole possession of the top spot in the AFC South. It’s something they want to keep doing as the season winds down.

It was a focus for Liam Coen and his staff to emphasize celebrating during training camp. Coaches would often shout “celebrate with your teammates” after plays were whistled dead on both sides of the ball.

That energy has carried over into the regular season and has shown up as the Jaguars make a push towards the postseason.

“So many times you get into, in the NFL, that’s your job. It’s your job to go and do it, and it’s still a game,” Coen said of why he emphasized celebrating so much earlier in the season. “Scoring touchdowns and making big plays are, yes it’s part of the game; it is their jobs, but it’s still a touchdown.

“How you celebrate touchdowns when you’re playing in Pop Warner and in high school, and that’s fun, I want that to be fun, the game where we are playing a game for our jobs and our profession.”

Jacksonville Jaguars prove that celebrating is contagious on both sides of the ball

Wide receiver Tim Patrick had his best game as a Jaguar against the Colts.

He caught five passes for 78 yards and a touchdown as the Jaguars rolled their rivals. On his touchdown reception, he sat on the wet turf and shrugged after reeling in the pass from Trevor Lawrence.

It wasn’t his planned celebration, but it was the one that felt natural at the time.

“Honestly, I had something else in mind, a little bit more disrespectful,” he said. “But when I caught it, I was on the ground and I saw like five cameramen right there and I’m just like, ‘Hey, it worked.’”

Patrick is the veteran-most player in the receiver room. But he’s in on all the fun that Jacksonville’s young receivers have. It’s part of his role with the team, to make sure everyone is staying loose in the heat of battle.

“I try to bring people back to reality like, ‘Hey, we’re playing the game at the end of the day,’” Patrick said. “Yeah, we want to win, but let’s have fun with it.”

Speaking of having fun, Jacksonville’s defense seemed to have a lot of fun against the Colts. Three takeaways and a safety, they did a whole lot of celebrating.

Cornerback Greg Newsome got his first interception since joining the Jaguars. But according to him, he’d celebrate regardless.

“I don’t care what happens, it could be second-and-1, I get a tackle, you could throw the ball 50 yards over the receiver,” Newsome said. “I’m still going to celebrate because it brings the energy of that offense down. Teams don’t like seeing other teams celebrate.”

Those same thoughts were echoed by Hines-Allen.

“If one team celebrates more than the another team, then it’s going the right way for the team that’s celebrating,” he said. “We want to do a little bit more than that. Every opportunity we get to celebrate, let’s enjoy it.”

With a game against the team with the worst turnover margin, and bottom of the league in takeaways, on deck, the Jaguars are hoping to keep celebrating their way through another win.