30 best NFL touchdown celebrations of all-time
By John Buhler
16. Odell Beckham Jr. loves Thriller
While he was definitely not alive when The King of Pop was The King of Pop, no millennial NFL player loves Michael Jackson, particularly the classic album Thriller more than New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
Though he didn’t copy Jackson in the hair department, Beckham certainly copied all of his dance moves so that he can fire them out at will when he scores big time touchdowns for the Giants. Let’s be real. The “Billie Jean” moonwalk is the worst imitated dance move of all time. Let’s let the King of Pop take that with him to the grave. That’s his, so stop being dumb in your socks, America.
That being said, Beckham has nearly mastered how to be an extra in the popular 1984 music video “Thriller”. Yes, there’s other probably better songs on Thriller than “Thriller” like “Billie Jean”, “Beat It” and “Pretty Young Thing (P.Y.T.)”, but “Thriller” is the title track because it’s “Thriller”!
Though he’s not exactly Jack Skellington, pretty much every day is Halloween for OBJ. Halloween is awesome and nobody pretends to dance like a werewolf in football clothing more than Beckham. People are never going to forget about Jackson. That’s because Beckham will continue to do his “Thriller” touchdown dance until the end of time.