Most of the back-work here is going to be from footballsfuture.com's NFL News Forum. During the season, the NFL posts a weekly post on NFL.com of the fines and the like. Anything major will, of course, be more quickly highlighted.
So let's take a look at the blotter:
Couple from Week 2 of the pre-season (most are, in fact, cross-posted from the NFL.com post):
- Tennessee Titans: George Wilson, $15,000 for a horse-collar tackle.
- Washington Redskins: Robert Griffin III, $10,000 for an unauthorized outfit under league rules. He wore an "Operation Patience" T-Shirt somewhere he was not supposed to under league rules. Feh.
- Houston Texans: Brandon Harris, $21,000 for a head/neck hit.
- Dallas Cowboys: Micah Pellerin, $15,750 for an unnecessary roughness foul.
- New York Giants: Aaron Ross, $7,875 for a facemask.
- Chicago Bears: Jon Bostic, $21,000 for lowering his head against a defenseless player.
- Houston Texans: And a suspension to report: The continuing war between Miami's Richie Incognito and Houston's Antonio Smith has resulted in a three-game suspension for Smith... for swinging his helmet at Incognito! Incognito is #68 White in this clip, Smith is #94 Blue. Smith will miss two games of the pre-season and the first regular-season game for what probably should've gotten him double that and Incognito a stiff fine (at least!) for his continued dirty play.
- Washington Redskins: Fred Davis, $7,875 for an excessive touchdown celebration. They might as well make it like the high school rule. ANYTHING other than handing the ball to the ref and going to the sidelines is 15. (NBC Sports noted: "This is not a new rule: The 2012 official playing rules listed examples of prohibited acts that will result in unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, saying, “These acts include but are not limited to: sack dances; home run swing; incredible hulk; spiking the ball; throwing or shoving the ball; pointing; pointing the ball; verbal taunting; military salute; standing over an opponent (prolonged and with provocation; or dancing.” (Spinning the ball is also prohibited.))
- And another one for the Redskins: Chris Baker is hit for $15,750 for hitting the quarterback below the knees.
- Tennessee Titans: Bernard Pollard, $10,000 for a hit out of bounds.
- San Diego Chargers: Johnnie Troutman got hit by a new rule this year. The peel-back block is now further banned, and he got fined $15,750 for one of those.
- Detroit Lions: Travis Lewis, $15,750 for a horse-collar tackle.
But no, we have to taunt and be dirty to keep our spot... Blegh.
And then there's this list:
- Denver Broncos: Von Miller: Suspended 6 games for a Step Two violation of the Drug Program. Appears to have been marijuana and amphetamines.
- St. Louis Rams: Jo-Lonn Dunbar: Suspended 4 games for a Step One violation of the Drug Program.
- St. Louis Rams: Isaiah Pead: Suspended 1 game under the Drug Program for a marijuana arrest.
- St. Louis Rams: If these stand, the Rams team will be fined $102,000 for the number of players they've had suspended under the Drug Program.
- Baltimore Ravens: Asa Jackson: Suspended 8 games for a Step Two violation of the Drug Program.
- Washington Redskins: Jarvis Jenkins: Suspended 4 games for a Step One violation of the Drug Program.
- Indianapolis Colts: Wesley Saunders: Suspended 8 games for a Step Two violation of the Drug Program. Saunders was also suspended last off-season for Strike One.
- Cleveland Browns: Josh Gordon: Suspended 2 games and fined 2 more game checks (total of four) for a violation of the Drug Program.
- Bruce Irvin became the fifth Seahawk under Pete Carroll to be suspended under the Drug Program this year. He will miss the first four games. (A sixth was overturned on appeal.)
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