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Cowboys QB fined for defensive effort vs Eagles; LB-on-LB foul also flagged

From @ToddBrock24f7: Trey Lance and Marist Liufau were both fined for plays made late in Week 10’s loss to Philadelphia. Both incidents had an unusual element.

The Cowboys got blown out by the Eagles in Week 10, but two Dallas players are losing a second time, six days after the fact.

Backup quarterback Trey Lance and rookie linebacker Marist Liufau were fined by the league for plays made during the team’s 34-6 defeat, it was announced Saturday.

Lance’s fine came, oddly, from a defensive play the passer made after a possession change. As Philadelphia safety Reed Blankenship returned Jake Ferguson’s fumble early in the fourth quarter, Lance met him near the Cowboys sideline and forced him out of bounds.

The NFL has determined that Lance improperly used his helmet to initiate the contact and fined him $22,511 for unnecessary roughness.

The play did not draw a flag from officials at the time but was notable to many for nearly taking out an already-injured Dak Prescott as he stood on the sideline, perhaps a little too close for the comfort of most observers.

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Liufau drew a $5,749 fine, also for unnecessary roughness, on a play that was unusual in its own right. The rookie was spotted grabbing the facemask of a fellow linebacker, Philadelphia’s Ben Van Sumeren, who was on the field with the Eagles offense as a backfield blocker.

That altercation took place away from the late second-down play and resulted in a penalty flag from officials, the Cowboys’ fifth of Sunday’s contest.

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NFL fines Broncos safety Devon Key $4,417 for facemask penalty

The NFL fined Broncos safety Devon Key $4,417 for his facemask penalty against the Ravens in Week 9.

The NFL has fined Denver Broncos safety Devon Key $4,417 for his facemask penalty in the second quarter of last week’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, according to multiple reports.

Key was featured in Denver’s secondary over the last two weeks while P.J. Locke recovered from a thumb injury. Locke has since been cleared to return to the starting lineup (with a cast) against the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend. Key totaled 14 tackles over the last two games.

Earlier this season, Denver defensive lineman Malcolm Roach ($25,324), safety P.J. Locke ($27,944), defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers ($14,069), safety Brandon Jones ($11,255), outside linebacker Nik Bonitto ($8,791), fullback Mike Burton ($7,653), center Luke Wattenberg ($5,872) and tight end Lucas Krull ($5,083) also received fines from the NFL.

The money the league receives from fines is “donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and wellness of athletes across all levels,” per the NFL.

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Broncos TE Lucas Krull fined $5,083 after Panthers game

Broncos TE Lucas Krull was fined $5,083 for a blindside block against the Panthers last week.

Denver Broncos tight end Lucas Krull was fined $5,083 for unnecessary roughness against the Carolina Panthers last week, the NFL announced Saturday.

Krull’s offense was blindside block in the second quarter of a 28-14 win over the Panthers in Week 8. This marks the tight end’s first fine of the season.

Krull finished the game with two catches for 18 yards. Krull has eight receptions for 75 yards in four appearances this season.

Carolina guard Damien Lewis was also fined $11,255 for a late hit against the Broncos last week.

Earlier this season, Denver defensive lineman Malcolm Roach ($25,324), safety P.J. Locke ($27,944), defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers ($14,069), safety Brandon Jones ($11,255), outside linebacker Nik Bonitto ($8,791), fullback Mike Burton ($7,653) and center Luke Wattenberg ($5,872) also received fines from the NFL.

The money the league receives from fines is “donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and wellness of athletes across all levels,” per the NFL.

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Broncos DL Malcolm Roach appealing outrageous fine from NFL

The NFL fined Broncos DL Malcolm Roach $14,069 for a “violent gesture” against the Saints in Week 7. Roach is appealing the fine.

Denver Broncos defensive lineman Malcolm Roach went viral during a Thursday Night Football showdown with the New Orleans Saints in Week 7 after he dropped back in coverage, broke up a pass and celebrated by pretending to strap on a seatbelt.

The NFL mistook that celebration for a gun reference — something the league has been cracking down on — and Roach was fined $14,069 for a “violent gesture.” The lineman is now appealing the fine.

“Roach raised his shirt to show his seatbelt was locked and the NFL thought he was making a gesture of showing a gun,” Chris Tomasson of the Denver Gazette reported on Monday.

Broncos cornerback Levi Wallace was also fined $7,181 for a hip-drop tackle against the Saints.

Roach ($25,324), safety P.J. Locke ($27,944), defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers ($14,069), safety Brandon Jones ($11,255), outside linebacker Nik Bonitto ($8,791), fullback Mike Burton ($7,653) and center Luke Wattenberg ($5,872) have received fines from the NFL this season.

The money the league receives from fines is “donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and wellness of athletes across all levels,” per the NFL.

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Veteran Chiefs defensive lineman fined for unnecessary roughness penalty

Kansas City #Chiefs defensive lineman Tershawn Wharton fined for unnecessary roughness penalty | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs’ defensive line has been successful throughout the team’s undefeated start to the season. Their aggressive play in the trenches has made them a quarterback’s nightmare and, in some cases, led to disciplinary actions from the NFL.

Chiefs starting defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton was fined $11,817 for an unnecessary roughness penalty during last Monday night’s game against the New Orleans Saints. The penalty was called by officials in the 4th quarter when Wharton slapped the facemask of New Orleans offensive lineman Lucas Patrick.

During the second half of the Week 5 game, Wharton also tallied a sack on Saints quarterback Derek Carr. The 26-year-old is a two-time Super Bowl champion after going undrafted in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Missouri S&T.

Wharton is off to an excellent start to the season and is second on the Chiefs in sacks with 1.5. The fifth-year defensive lineman chose to stay in Kansas City in the offseason, signing a one-year deal. He, alongside All-Pro Chris Jones, is a dominant duo in the middle of the line at defensive tackle.

Broncos DL John Franklin-Myers fined $14,069 for poking Raiders player in eye

Broncos DL John Franklin-Myers was fined $14,069 for poking Dylan Parham in the eye in Week 5. JFM says Parham poked him in the eye first.

Denver Broncos defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers was fined $14,069 by the NFL on Saturday after he poked Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman Dylan Parham in the eye during last week’s game.

Franklin-Myers claims that Parham poked him in the eye first. If that’s true, the NFL apparently didn’t notice because Parham was not fined. Franklin-Myers plans to appeal hisfine.

Franklin-Myers has totaled 12 tackles (three behind the line of scrimmage) and two sacks through five games with the Broncos this season.

In addition to JFM, fullback Mike Burton ($7,653) and defensive lineman Malcolm Roach ($11,255) were both fined for unnecessary roughness against the Raiders. Burton was fined for a blindside block and Roach was fined for a late hit.

Earlier this season, Denver safety P.J. Locke ($27,944), center Luke Wattenberg ($5,872), safety Brandon Jones ($11,255) and outside linebacker Nik Bonitto ($8,791) also received fines from the NFL.

The money the league receives from fines is “donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and wellness of athletes across all levels.”

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Cowboys CB fined more for end-of-game facemask incident than guilty Steelers WR

From @ToddBrock24f7: As the Week 5 game went final, George Pickens yanked Jourdan Lewis to the ground by his facemask. But Lewis received the bigger fine.

Cowboys fans who stayed up all the way until the end of the team’s Week 5 tilt against Pittsburgh saw Steelers wide receiver George Pickens commit an egregious foul against cornerback Jourdan Lewis just after the gun sounded on Dallas’s 20-17 victory.

But nobody saw Lewis being the one to get punished more harshly by the league.

In its weekly report of fines handed out for the previous week, the NFL declared that Pickens would be docked $10,230 for the act of unnecessary roughness that came after Lewis recovered a fumble to finally end the multiple-lateral last-ditch effort by the Steelers offense on the game’s final play.

Lewis, ball in hand, got in Pickens’s face and clearly said something to which the third-year receiver took offense. Pickens grabbed Lewis’s facemask and yanked him the the ground.

Lewis was also fined by the league- for taunting- but incredibly, his fine amounted to $11,255, over a thousand dollars more than Pickens.

Huh?

Fines are levied according to a pre-determined menu whereby each violation equates to a set dollar amount. But it’s hard to watch a replay of the Cowboys/Steelers end-of-game sequence and think that anything Lewis might have said was somehow worse than what Pickens did in retaliation.

True, Lewis hurled some words. But Pickens could have left a fellow player injured.

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Lewis and Pickens were getting after each other all night. As the Cowboys players made their way to the locker room after the game, cameras captured Lewis saying, “Pittsburgh need a new receiver. George Pickens weak.”

Per Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the 29-year-old veteran expressed regret for the comment.

“Honestly, I shouldn’t have said that,” Lewis said. “It was an emotional game. There was some chatter on the field. One thing led to another. He had a moment, I had a moment. It was too emotional. I shouldn’t have said it.”

Now both Lewis and Pickens will pay for their respective emotional outbursts… but Lewis will inexplicably pay more.

Cowboys safety Donovan Wilson was also fined- also $11,255- for a late hit that extended Pittsburgh’s fourth-quarter drive that resulted in a go-ahead touchdown.

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Here’s why Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb drew 2 different fines from NFL front office this week

From @ToddBrock24f7: Lamb will be docked for taunting as well as making a violent gesture. That’s 3 fines in the past two games for the All-Pro wideout.

Through the first four weeks of the NFL season, exactly 111 plays have resulted in a monetary fine for a player in violation of some infraction. Almost three percent of them have involved CeeDee Lamb.

The Cowboys wide receiver was fined for two separate plays in the team’s Week 4 win over the New York Giants, it was announced Saturday. Combined, the fines will dock Lamb $25,324, just a week after an unnecessary roughness call (that was not considered a penalty during the Week 3 loss to Baltimore) cost him $22,511.

The first incident from last Thursday’s 20-15 win to draw the league’s ire came after a first-quarter catch by Lamb that gained ten yards. After being tackled at the Giants’ 30, Lamb motioned for a first down with a double-handed gesture that mimicked shooting guns. The league office called it unsportsmanlike conduct involving a violent gesture and imposed a fine of $14,069.

In the second quarter, Lamb caught a Dak Prescott pass of about 17 yards and then raced another 38 for a touchdown. On his way to the end zone, Lamb turned to stare down New York cornerback Deonte Banks and then flipped the ball toward him once he had scored. That was also deemed unsportsmanlike conduct- taunting, this time- and will cost Lamb $11,255.

As in Week 3, neither moment drew a flag from officials in the moment.

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The NFL seems to be making a concerted effort to crack down on the recent trend of players pantomiming shooting guns; five players across the league were fined for it in Week 4 and hit with fines totaling nearly $60,000.

Any violations resulting in a fine may be appealed by players, but the decisions are then binding. Collected fines are donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support NFL legends in need as well as the NFL Foundation to support the health, safety, and wellness of players across all levels of the sport.

Lamb has single-handedly contributed over $47,000 so far this season.

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Jets WR Allen Lazard fined $14,069 for finger guns celebration vs. Broncos

As three Broncos players found out last season, the NFL forbids “any act resembling shooting a gun.” Allen Lazard is the latest to be fined.

New York Jets wide receiver Allen Lazard was fined $14,069 by the NFL after celebrating a first-down catch with finger guns during the third quarter of last week’s game against the Denver Broncos.

Lazard was not pointing the “guns” at any particular player, but he was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct and has now received a fine to boot.

Even if the gesture is “aimed” away from opponents, the NFL has made it clear that “any act resembling shooting a gun” is not allowed. Broncos pass rusher Jonathon Cooper, defensive lineman Zach Allen and ex-Denver linebacker Josey Jewell found that out the hard way last season.

After initially rescinding a fine given to Jewell for the celebration last fall, the NFL fined him again for the same offense later in the season. Clearly, the league still wants the celebration to go away.

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Marshon Lattimore, Alontae Taylor both fined for ‘violent gestures’ vs. Falcons

Marshon Lattimore and Alontae Taylor were both fined for ‘violent gestures’ during last week’s game with the Falcons:

Two New Orleans Saints defensive backs were fined for committing unsportsmanlike conduct against the Atlanta Falcons last week. A league review found that Marshon Lattimore and Alontae Taylor made “violent gestures” with their hands.

Lattimore was cited for mimicking a firearm after Paulson Adebo intercepted Kirk Cousins with 4:59 left in the first quarter, which cost him $14,069. Taylor was fined $10,916 for the same thing about a minute earlier after he broke up a pass intended for Drake London. The difference is due to an NFL rule which requires these fines to be no more than  10% of the player’s weekly salary cap hit. Both players have the option to appeal.

If you’re curious about where the money collected in these fines goes, here’s the explanation from NFL Operations:

The fines collected are donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and wellness of athletes across all levels, including youth football and the communities that support the game.

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