Patriots, Steelers and more NFL teams join red flag emoji trend

Over the past 24 hours social media has been inundated by red flag emojis. So what does it all mean? And why are theLos Angeles Rams,New Orleans Saints,Tampa Bay Buccaneersand so many more NFL teams in on the act?

The rows of red flags began popping up as a way to highlight statements people could make that are, well, red flags. Some have been serious, but a ton of others are more light-hearted.

There was theNew England Patriotschirping at theNew York Jets. ThePittsburgh Steelerstrolled theArizona Cardinals. Even though the Twitter consensus red flag of liking pineapple on pizza is no laughing matter, theBuffalo Bills' stance on ranch is more debatable.