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Diontae Johnson fined $25k for ripping NFL officials after Steelers loss to Jaguars

Diontae Johnson knew it would happen before the words even came out of his mouth.

Diontae Johnson knew it would happen before the words even came out of his mouth. He must’ve figured the fine notification he’d get a few days later would be worth it.

On Saturday, Johnson was fined $25k for comments stemming from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 8.

“They was calling some stupid stuff,” a fed-up Johnson said after the game. “They should get fined for calling bad, making worse, terrible calls and stuff like that. That’s how pissed I am. They cost us the game. I don’t care what nobody say. They cost us the game.”

“They wanted them to win, bro,” Johnson added. “They was calling, everything was in their favor. They was getting every little call, but it is what it is.”

The Steelers have been fined for 20 infractions this season, totaling $404,082. According to the NFL rule book’s accountability section, “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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Double yoi! 4 Steelers hit with fines stemming from Week 7 Rams win

There’s a reason why they call it the No Fun League.

There’s a reason why it’s called the No Fun League. Another week, another fine for your Pittsburgh Steelers — this time it wasn’t one, it wasn’t two, but four players who have to pay the piper.

This is the second fine for Jaylen Warren this year, who was fined the same amount for illegal use of helmet versus the Cleveland Browns in Week 2. As an undrafted free agent, these fines are nearly the equivalent of a game check.

With the NFL slapping fines on Steelers nearly weekly, you’d think they were the most penalized team in the league. However, according to Spotrac, that honor belongs to their Week 8 opponent, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Here are the four Steelers now a little/a lot lighter in the wallet.

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2 Steelers defenders fined for unnecessary roughness vs. Raiders

This is becoming an expensive trend for Kwon Alexander.

We knew Kwon Alexander was a hard hitter when he came to the Pittsburgh Steelers in July. But he was just slapped with his second fine of the young 2023 NFL season on Saturday.

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Alexander was fined $43,709 for illegal use of the helmet on a no-flag play.

Watching the play gives pause as to how defenders have to play not to get fined. It’s a bang-bang moment that’s tough to see in the video below, but there was helmet-to-helmet contact on runner Josh Jacobs near the end of the play.

Alexander was fined the same amount for a late hit against the Cleveland Browns in Week 2. A preseason fine (same penalty) for a clean hit on Chase Edmonds was later rescinded.

This isn’t the first time a no-flag play has been later penalized. Jaylen Warren received a $48,333 fine for the same illegal-use-of-helmet penalty versus the Browns.

Per TribLive’s Joe Rutter, Miles Killebrew was also docked $13,000 for unnecessary roughness. Minkah Fitzpatrick was not fined for the two-hand touch “roughing the passer” on Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

Just three games into the season, Alexander is already $87,418 lighter in the wallet.

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Pittsburgh Steelers LB T.J. Watt fined by the NFL for doing his job

The penalty occurred in the third quarter of the Steelers Sunday Night Football matchup versus Seattle Seahawks. 

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt was fined for doing his job.

The NFL slapped Watt on the wrist — in the form of a $10,815 fine — for unnecessary roughness, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports.

The penalty occurred in the third quarter of the Steelers Sunday Night Football overtime win versus Seattle Seahawks.

Punching the ball out is part of every defender’s game; it’s in their blood. Watt has forced 20 fumbles in his young career.

“I punch every week,” Watt told Steelers media after the game. “If you watch the film, it’s nothing malicious. I didn’t intend to punch him in the face or on the arm at all. I am striking at the football. I just told him it’s something that I do on a regular basis. It’s not something where I’m trying to affect the player in any way. I’m just trying to get the football out.”

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Former Steeler James Harrison insinuates HC Mike Tomlin gave him money for illegal hit

On a Barstool Sports podcast former Steelers linebacker, James Harrison, tells a story behind an illegal hit on Cleveland Browns receiver.

During the days of James Harrison, Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell, and Martavis Bryant, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the most fined team in the NFL. And Harrison was, at one time, the NFL’s most fined player. He probably had a special chair at commissioner Roger Goodell’s office. It felt like every week he was being slapped with a fine for something or other — usually involving violent hits.

Harrison insinuated on the Barstool Sports podcast “Going Deep,” co-hosted by former Steelers guard Willie Colon, that head coach Mike Tomlin gave Harrison money for an illegal hit on Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010.

“Dude, I’m telling you, 75? And I ain’t gonna lie to you when that happened, right? The G-est thing Mike Tomlin ever did, he handed me an envelope after that,” Harrison continued. “I ain’t gonna say what, but he handed me an envelope after that.”

Something tells me it wasn’t a thank-you card in that envelope.

Steelers president Art Rooney II had this to say about the controversy.

Harrison also admitted that if he would’ve known the severity of the fine before he hit Massaquoi, he would’ve given it his all.

“Listen, on everything I love, on my daddy’s grave, I hit that man with about 50 percent of what I had, and I just hit him because I wanted him to let loose of the ball,” Harrison told Colon. “If I had knew they was gonna fine me $75,000, I would have tried to kill him.”

Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USPRESSWIRE

Harrison was abruptly released by the Steelers in 2017. Reports soon came out that Harrison made it impossible for the team to keep him due to his obnoxious behavior.

There was bad blood after his release, and three years later, it sounds like Harrison still has an ax to grind.

Goodell has a lot on his plate right now, but I’m sure an investigation is in Tomlin’s future.

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