THE tradition for rookies to fork out for a pricey team dinner is as alive as ever.
With their season now done and dusted after going 3-13-1, the Houston Texans' offensive line went for dinner on Friday night on the dime of rookie Kenyon Green.
According to pictures posted by linemen Laremy Tunsil, Tytus Howard, and Justin McCray, the meal at Prime 112 in South Point, Miami, included lobsters, oysters, and potatoes of varying forms.
Throw in $2,000 in steaks, a $460 bottle of Plumpjack wine, and the little matter of $35,500 thanks to what some have suggested are two bottles of Screaming Eagle wine - and the check was eye-watering.
Just over $3,600 in taxes and a $7,300 tip later, Green's wallet was called for to the tune of $51,570.89.
Fans wasted no time in sharing their opinions on the bill via Twitter, with one going as far as to call it "egregious."
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Another wrote: "I don't care about no rookie hazing do this and I'm paying for my food only"
While one commented: "I could’ve paid off my student loans with the amount they paid for dinner! [mind blown emoji][laughing emoi]"
Whether or not this was the bill's true total or if the veterans had pricier items like the wines added to scare the rookie - as was the case for San Francisco 49ers rookie Drake Jackson in December - is unknown.
Either way, the veteran's appeared to get a kick out of it, with Tunsil sharing a video of Green with the caption "Damn Rook [laughing emoji]" while McCray's video was captioned "Tough [laughing emojis]"
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Having signed a four-year deal with over $15million after being selected fifteenth overall in the 2022 NFL Draft, it seems safe to say that if this total was accurate, Green can probably afford it.
Not that that makes it any less of a gut punch to the wallet.
This comes after a promising first season for Green in which he started fourteen of his fifteen appearances with big things expected from him in the coming years.
