Football Zebras

Cutler fined $20K for arguing with ref; Titans owner gives $ ¼M, 1-finger salute

by Ben Austro - November 17, 2009October 3, 2010 06338

Couple of stories of the NFL handing out fines for conduct: Backtracking to Week 9, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was fined $20,000 for arguing a call with referee Ed Hochuli. Cutler was flagged for a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Much like Chad Ochocinco's $1 facetious bribe the same day, this is

For Ochocinco, $1 equals $20,000

by Ben Austro - November 15, 2009August 9, 2010 13300

Week 9: Ravens at Bengals While on the sideline during a replay review, the Bengals' Chad Ochocinco jokingly waived a $1 bill at an official. The league sees this as no laughing matter. Ochocinco was fined $20,000 for the incident. (He was not penalized in the game for those actions.) As Chris

NFL quickly suspends Panthers’ Wesley 1 game for flagrant hit on punt returner

by Ben Austro - October 19, 2009August 10, 2018 03321

Justice came swift for the Panthers Dante Wesley for his hit on Clifton Smith of the Buccaneers that we described as being like a runaway locomotive. (He was ejected for the hit with 10 seconds remaining in the second quarter.) We expected an announcement either today or tomorrow, but the

Runaway locomotive hit on fair catch spawns ejection, brawl, maybe suspension

by Ben Austro - October 19, 2009November 25, 2012 04278

Week 6: Panthers at Buccaneers Dante Wesley of the Panthers was ejected for a flagrant hit on kick returner Clifton Smith of the Buccaneers. Smith called for a fair catch, and Wesley flattened him to the turf long before the ball even got there. It was penalized as both fair-catch interference

Ravens comments, bench foul not fined

by Ben Austro - October 6, 2009October 26, 2009 12821

Week 4: Ravens at Patriots As we had expressed earlier, none of the Baltimore Ravens (most vocally, Ray Lewis) were fined for postgame commentary on the Patriots game. Since, again, the frustration was with the rules and not the officiating, I think it was wise for the league to not assess

Will Flozell Adams’ 3rd trip in 3 weeks mean 3rd consecutive fine this season?

Disciplinary Action

by Ben Austro - September 29, 2009September 30, 2009 03108

Cowboys offensive tackle Flozell Adams may be fined for a third consecutive week in the three-week-old 2009 seasonâ€”which, we believe, would be unprecedented. To date, Adams was fined $5,000 in the season opener for helmet contact against the Buccaneers. In the Week 2 Sunday Night Football game, Adams administered two

Titans’ Jones fined $5,000 for DQ

by Ben Austro - September 24, 2009September 25, 2009 03457

For his involvement in a sideline fight during the game with the Texans, Titans defensive tackle Jason Jones received a $5,000 fine. (He was also ejected from the game.) This is surprisingly light, as the disqualified Jones was shown pumping up the crowd for support on his way to the

Cards OL yanked after bumping ref

Disciplinary Action

by Ben Austro - September 7, 2009September 9, 2009 03399

Preseason Week 4: Cardinals at Broncos No video to show, but the Associated Press reported that Cardinals offensive lineman Elton Brown bumped referee Mike Carey near the end of the first half of the final preseason game. He was ejected for the contact. According to the story and his coach, the bump

NFL fines MVP Holmes $10,000 for unpenalized end-zone celebration

Disciplinary Action

by Ben Austro - February 18, 2009September 14, 2009 03656

The NFL announced, through Adam Schefter's blog, that Steelers' receiver Santonio Holmes was fined $10,000 for his end-zone celebration by using the ball as a prop. The celebration came on the game-winning touchdown of Super Bowl XLIII. Vice-president of officiating Mike Pereira acknowledged on the NFL Network after the Super Bowl