In the Arizona Cardinals’ game last Saturday against the Los Angeles Rams, the NFL fine police continued their trend of levying monetary discipline on plays where there wasn’t a penalty called.
One player on each team was fined, but only the guilty Rams party came on a play where there was no flag.
We’ll start with the Cardinals.
Rookie safety Dadrion (Rabbit) Taylor-Demerson was hit with a fine of $5,592 for a blindside block in the second quarter on a Rams punt. There was a penalty for 15 yards on the play.
Punter Ethan Evans’ 46-yard punt went out of bounds at the Cardinals’ 30-yard line, but the penalty was on the other side of the field and a replay wasn’t shown.
The Cardinals were forced to begin that possession at the 15-yard line.
The Rams’ fine came on a fourth-quarter play on the Cardinals’ final possession that ended with the interception that bounced off tight end Trey McBride’s helmet.
On second-and-10 from the Arizona 36-yard line, quarterback Kyler Murray completed a 6-yard pass to running back Michael Carter. Rams safety Kamren Curl hit Carter high in what was deemed illegal use of the helmet even though the officials on the field did not throw a flag.
Curl was fined a hefty $22,511, which tied for the second-highest of the 35 fines from Week 17.
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