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Seahawks have 2 players fined by NFL for penalties against Titans

The hits keep coming from the Seahawks’ brutal loss to the Titans in Week 2.

The hits keep coming from the Seahawks’ brutal loss to the Titans in Week 2. As if losing in overtime at home after building a 15-point lead at halftime wasn’t bad enough, a couple of players have been fined by the league for penalties they committed against Tennessee.

According to Tom Pelissero at NFL Network, right guard Gabe Jackson has been fined $12,875 for unsportsmanlike conduct, while cornerback D.J. Reed was hit up for $5,111.

Some of Seattle’s 10 flags (costing 100 yards) were well-earned. This new emphasis on taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct is absurd, though. Every year officials go completely overboard policing one particular part of the game. After a public outcry, things calm down and by the middle of the season nobody even remembers what the emphasis was.

There are still a couple months’ worth of games to go, but hopefully that’s the case for the 2021 season and this puritanical fixation on taunting.

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Ravens CB Marcus Peters fined $15K for stomping on Titans’ logo

The Tennessee Titans certainly had it coming but Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters is set to pay $15K for his celebration.

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters’ game check is going to be just a little lighter. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the NFL fined Peters $15,000 for celebrating on the Tennessee Titans’ midfield logo after his game-clinching interception last week.

Though much of the defense came out to celebrate the play on the Titans’ logo, Peters was the only player fined. While Pelissero notes Peters plans on appealing the fine, I have to imagine it’s one he and the rest of Baltimore’s roster won’t mind paying if needed.

The fine-worthy celebration came as a little revenge after the Titans had pulled a similar stunt prior to Week 11’s kickoff against the Ravens. Before that game, coach John Harbaugh had gotten into it with several of Tennessee’s players over the matter. So when the playoffs came around and Baltimore got a chance to literally stomp Tennessee’s chances away, they seemed pretty happy to do it.

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Falcons HC Raheem Morris confirms team fined Takk McKinley

McKinley, whose fifth-year option was declined during the offseason, was likely frustrated that he won’t get the chance to audition for another team before his contract is up.

The 2020 presidential election wasn’t the only thing weighing on NFL players’ minds this week as the league’s trade deadline passed on Tuesday. For Falcons DE Takk McKinley, it seemed to come as a surprise that the team chose not to deal him.

Immediately following the deadline, McKinley hit Twitter and claimed Atlanta had turned down offers to move the former first-round pick for the second straight year.

Takk would later stick by his claim when reports came out denying that the Falcons had received the alleged trade offers.

McKinley, whose fifth-year option was declined during the offseason, was likely frustrated that he won’t get the chance to audition for another team before his contract is up. This wasn’t received well by Atlanta’s coaching staff, however.

On Friday, head coach Raheem Morris was noncommittal about McKinley’s chances of getting back on the field this season. He also confirmed that the team fined McKinley for his Twitter comments, per Jason Butt of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

It’s undoubtedly a frustrating situation for both parties. For Morris, it’s a chance to show he can be more of a disciplinarian than Dan Quinn. With a 2-1 record since taking over for Quinn, Morris has eight more games against the NFL’s toughest competition to try and keep his job beyond 2020.

The Falcons take on the Denver Broncos in Week 9, but Atlanta was forced to cancel Friday’s practice due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19.

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3 Browns fined for penalties in the Week 2 win

Andrew Sendejo received the biggest fine

Cleveland’s Week 2 win over the Cincinnati Bengals got a little less sweet for three Browns players on Saturday. All three received fines for penalized plays in the 35-30 victory last Thursday night.

The biggest fine went to safety Andrew Sendejo. He was hit with a $13,327 fine for lowering his head to initiate contact.

All of the other fines were below $5,000

  • Guard Wyatt Teller – $4,412 for an illegal blindside block
  • Defensive end Porter Gustin – $3,971 for a facemask infraction

One Bengals player, DE Khalid Kareem, was also fined for unnecessary roughness in the loss.

The players have until Monday to appeal their respective fines.

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Jamie Collins, Oday Aboushi and Will Harris all fined by the NFL

The NFL doled out fines for the first two weeks on Saturday

Three Detroit Lions players have been issued fines for illegal conduct during the first two games.

Linebacker Jamie Collins was fined $35,096 for making contact with referee Alex Kemp in the Week 1 loss to the Chicago Bears. Collins hit Kemp with his helmet as he was attempting to demonstrate an action being done to him. The penalty resulted in an ejection.

Offensive guard Oday Aboushi picked up a $5,221 fine for his personal foul penalty in the Week 2 loss in Green Bay. He blocked a defender to the turf Packer after the play was already over.

Safety Will Harris has also been fined $5,371 for an illegal hit in the Week 2 loss. Harris was guilty of two separate personal foul calls. It is unclear which hit resulted in the fine.

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Marcus Peters fined $14K for beer-chugging celebration vs. Bills

Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters had one expensive beer in the stands, getting fined more than $14,000 for a celebration against the Bills

You thought the beer at your favorite stadium was expensive? Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters paid more than $14,000 for his and I don’t think much of it actually made it in his mouth.

Peters sealed Baltimore’s Week 14 win over the Buffalo Bills with a key fourth-down stop at the end of the game. In celebration, Peters hopped into the stands, grabbed a fan’s beer and poured it into his mouth. In turn, the NFL fined him $14,037 for the celebration, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

While the league has relaxed in some capacity on celebrations, they clearly couldn’t let players get away with chugging a beer in the stands. Still, it seems a little expensive given how harmless the celebration was and that it didn’t draw a flag in the game. Still, Peters had a little fun at the expense of the fine, taking to Twitter after it was announced.

But if Peters keeps making big enough plays to warrant fines for celebrations, he’ll have plenty of money to pay them with his next contract. Peters is set to hit free agency this offseason and is likely to cash in as one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in the league thanks to yet another season in which he posted multiple pick-sixes.

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12 Browns fined for their roles in the Week 11 brawl with the Steelers

12 Browns fined for their roles in the Week 11 brawl with the Steelers

A total of 12 different Cleveland Browns players received fines for their actions in the brawl at the end of the team’s Week 11 game with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

That total includes Myles Garrett, who received a $45,623 fine for his role as one of the two primary combatants. Steelers QB Mason Rudolph received a $50,000 fine, the largest amount levied.

Larry Ogunjobi was initially fined as well, but his fine was rescinded upon his unsuccessful suspension appeal. The defensive tackle will miss Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins.

There were 33 total players fined, as well as $250,000 penalties assessed to both teams. All of the other Browns were fined $3,507 for entering the fighting area. The Steelers had 19 players fined for that same violation.

The full list, courtesy of Tom Pelissero on Twitter: