Friday, December 30, 2011

Fine Blotter Week 16 Part Two: If the NFL is that serious about uniforms, then the Saints should get about $100K as a team....

... because, in addition to the one I put up yesterday for Pierre Thomas, FIVE MORE Saints were all fined $5,000 for wearing illegal red and green tape over the socks.

WR Devery Henderson
WR Lance Moore
WR Marques Colston
WR Robert Meachem
CB Tracy Porter (which makes him a TWO-TIME LOSER -- his first was for a dirty hit)

Look, guys, the NFL might have some ridiculous policies and politics on this, but a lot of people pay millions for the standardized uniforms. If this many players got fined, even for just a uniform violation where's a team fine of about $100,000 or so?

Other Week 16 fines:
  • Arizona Cardinals: Darnell Dockett is the biggest loser of the week: $30,000 for two dirty hits -- one hit for $15,000 to the opposing QB's knees and the other $15,000 was for a horse-collar tackle. How he wasn't tossed and isn't suspended for Week 17, I have no blasted idea!
  • The Falcons weren't immune from the apparent Monday night fine-fest: Curtis Lofton donated $15,000 to charity for his hit on Marques Colston, ruled against a defenseless player and in the head.
  • Washington Redskins: Reed Doughty: $15,000 for hitting Christian Ponder in the head as he slid.
  • Houston Texans: J J Watt: $15,000 for nailing Dan Orlovsky in the knee.
  • SATURDAY ADDITION: New England Patriots: Wes Welker: $10,000 for a uniform violation (illegal hat in postgame interview -- ad for a non-sponsor entity which Welker is a part-investor in)
  • Add three more for the Seahawks: Marshawn Lynch gets $10,000 for a uniform violation. (Because he not only wore illegal shoes, but they constituted an ad for a non-sponsor (Skittles).)
  • Richard Sherman: $15,000 for a horse-collar tackle.
  • and Adrian Moten: $7,500 for a late hit.

So, so far, that's $157,500 which can go better in my pocket if the players continue to not want to follow the rules...

(Source: AP for the first few, SB Nation Seattle for the Seahawk fines, and Yahoo! for the one linked in the list.)

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