Fine Blotter, Week Seven, Part Three: The Rest of it, plus the score update...

Scoring Update:

Week 7 average: 47 points even.

7 week average for the season:  46.22 per game, now a sliver OVER last year's number, and all-but-certainly the NFL record for the first seven weeks of a season now.

Mission accomplished -- right Mr. Goodell?

And then to the Fine Blotter:

Leading the way is the series of incidents regarding the game with the Rams and Panthers last week.  It was clear from the absolute debacle the game degenerated into that the NFL was going to be busy sending letters to St. Louis and to Carolina.

From the headlines at NFL.com, they weren't to disappoint:

First, the two most obvious ones:

• St. Louis Rams:  Chris Long:  $15,750 for throwing a punch in the game and getting tossed.
• Carolina Panthers:  Mike Mitchell:  $7,875 for taunting after injuring (whether he knew it or not) Sam Bradford.

Others from the fun-filled farce-fest in Carolina:

• St. Louis Rams:  Harvey Dahl:  $7,875 for a late hit.
• And two to wide receivers for unnecessary roughness, one for each team:  St. Louis:  Brian Quick:  $7,875 for a face-joust.
• Carolina Panthers:  Steve Smith becomes a TWO-TIME LOSER for his $7,875.

5 is not "a slew", NFL, and I'm surprised there weren't five alone in the post-incident with Mitchell...

Here's the rest of "notable fines" from the NFL.com article:

• Washington Redskins:  Brian Orapko:  $15,750 for roughing the passer against the Bears.
• ANY FURTHER FINES this season for the Redskins will put them into the Level 3 dollar-for-dollar range.  They stand, right now, at $154,750 against the number, the Level 3 limit being $157,500.
• Denver Broncos:  Any surprise their first fine of the year comes in their first loss? Kevin Vickerson:  $10,000 for an illegal leg hit on an extra point.  Vickerson had three personal fouls called against him in this game.  He was not fined for ANY of them -- this penalty WAS NOT CALLED on the field.
• Baltimore Ravens:  Elvis Dumveril:  $7,875 for a face mask on the quarterback.

And one to wipe off the board, according to the NFL:

• New York Jets:  Wipe out the $15,750 for Muhammad Wilkerson.  That fine from Week 4 has been rescinded.

There was more of a motive to that than just Wilkerson:

• New York Jets:  With that appeal, wipe out (for the time being) their Level 2 status.  The league can probably not bother sending back the $50,000 from the team, unless the team can remain clean the entire remainder of the year.  Level 2 triggers at $105,000.  The Jets are now at $93,500.

Other fines from Week 7:

• Tennessee Titans:  Akeem Ayers:  $15,750 for unnecessary roughness against the 49ers.
• This fine puts the Titans in the same boat the Redskins are.  The Titans are now at $150,250.
• Miami Dolphins:  Jelani Jenkins:  $15,750 for roughing the passer against the Bills.
• Houston Texans:  Jared Crick:  Same fine, same offense, against the Chiefs.
• Jacksonville Jaguars:  Sen'Derrick Marks:  $7,875 for unsportsmanlike conduct.
• Cleveland Browns:  Eric Martin:  $7,875 for unnecessary roughness.
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers:  Ted Larsen, $7,875 for unnecessary roughness.
• Tampa Bay #2:  Kelcie McCray, same fine, same offense.
• Tampa Bay #3:  Vincent Jackson, same fine, this one for a face mask.

AS A RESULT:

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers:  To almost no one's material surprise, Tampa Bay becomes the second team, this year, to be sanctioned under the final Level 3 status of Player Remittance.  This not only means a $25,000 fine to the team, but any and all future fines are now doubled, the doubling to be paid for by the team.  This means that the Buccaneers were fined $4,625 additional for this week.

Is it any wonder this team is now 0-7 and has real questions as to whether the coach has lost the locker room?  It is clear they cannot play clean in any reasoned manner.

• Atlanta Falcons:  Stansly Maponga:  $7,875 for unnecessary roughness
• New York Giants:  Damontre Moore, $7,875 for unnecessary roughness

Totals:

Bucs Level 3:      $  25,000
Bucs $-$:            $   4,625
Rest of Week 7:  $ 210,875

Total for Week 7:  $ 240,500

Remembering to take off Wilkerson's appealed fine and (for the moment) the Jets' team fine for Level 2, the season total stands at approximately $2,188,500.