NFL fines 5 Cowboys for hits vs Eagles during Week 17 loss

From @ToddBrock24f7: Jalen Brooks and Troy Pride were ejected for their actions; now they’ll be docked pay, too. Three other Cowboys also incurred big fines.

The Cowboys’ 41-7 blowout loss to the Eagles wasn’t just demoralizing for the team, as it assured them of their first losing record since 2020. The Week 17 trip to Philadelphia was also personally costly for a handful of Dallas players who took things just a little too far in the eyes of the league.

Five Cowboys have incurred monetary fines for actions taken during the second half of the game, including the sideline altercation that saw a total of three players ejected late in the contest.

Wide receiver Jalen Brooks and cornerback Troy Pride have been docked for their part in a fight that occurred after an Eagles punt with 2:32 left to play. Brooks and Philadelphia safety Sydney Brown tangled, gathering up an official as they fell, and then continued to scrap after getting up. Pride came in to deliver a blow of his own, and Brown retaliated with a takedown that drew players from both benches to the end zone tunnel in a scene that ended quickly but could have gotten much uglier.

All three players were disqualified, the late-hit fouls offsetting. Brooks has been fined $5,083, while Pride will take a $5,198 hit. (Brown is being docked $6,981 for his part.)

But they aren’t the only Cowboys players a little lighter in the wallet after Sunday’s drubbing. Defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa has been fined $16,883 for a violent late hit on Philadelphia quarterback Kenny Pickett early in the third quarter.

That play resulted in a roughing the passer personal foul call and left Pickett visibly shaken. He would exit the game later in that same drive after a hit by Micah Parsons. (It should be noted, however, that Pickett already had broken ribs coming into the Week 17 matchup.)

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Left guard Tyler Smith also took a five-figure hit, for striking Eagles DT Jalen Carter in the head in the aftermath of Rico Dowdle’s early-fourth-quarter fumble. Carter did an impressive bit of acting in going to the ground at the feet of an official, but it worked. Smith’s momentary indiscretion cost the Cowboys 15 yards at the time; it will now also cost him $11,817.

Finally, while right tackle Terence Steele was not flagged for a block he executed on Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith on a pass play midway through the third quarter, it was later deemed to be too low for the NFL’s liking. Steele has been fined $11,817.

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