Leonard Williams, a Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle, made a viral moment during the team’s 38-14 win over the Washington Commanders. The incident involved Williams wagging his tongue on the sideline as he interacted with his teammates. The moment, captured on camera, is anticipated to become a popular meme.
Williams also had a sack and five tackles in the game, contributing to the Seahawks’ dominant performance. The ‘Sunday Night Football’ broadcast showed Williams wagging his tongue furiously as he bantered with his teammates.
He was asked about the move in the postgame interview with Melissa Stark. ‘Mike was messing with me on the sidelines about it. He said they got a slow-motion clip of it,’ Williams said before he saw the clip. ‘Oh, man! That looks kinda crazy. I ain’t gonna lie. That’s gonna be a meme somewhere.’
The two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle has four sacks and 35 tackles this season. He’s in his third year with the Seahawks after the team acquired him from the New York Giants in 2023. He also played for the New York Jets.
Seattle’s defense has made fans think of the glory days when the Legion of Boom was enraging offenses around the league in the early 2010s. The Seahawks are fifth in points allowed and 11th in yards allowed through their first eight games of the season. Seattle finished 10-7 last year but failed to make the playoffs in a tough NFC West.
Right now, Seattle is ahead of the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC West and would be third in the playoff seeding if the season was over based on head-to-head winning percentage.