Week 10 Fine/Suspension Blotter (and a LOT of preseason catchup)

(Starting it now.  Will be updated as info comes in.)

But, another drug suspension to start the week:

• Jacksonville Jaguars:  LaRoy Reynolds, 4 games for the drug policy.  According to Spotrac, costs him about $95,000.  Basically a rookie making the league minimum.  Probably had to try the drugs just to stay in the NFL.

From the weekly NFL.com Ian Rapoport  report:

• Miami Dolphins:  Mike Pouncey:  $7,875 for a punch.
• Miami #2:  Philip Wheeler:  $21,000 for roughing the passer in the head/neck.
• Tennessee Titans:  Bernard Pollard now becomes a FOUR-TIME LOSER.  Another $15,750 for him (and $15,750 for the Titans) for unnecessary roughness.  So, Mr. Goodell:  He's back-to-back weeks, he's now been fined four times in nine games, and you can't suspend the son of a bitch?  Nice policy you have there.  $10K for a late hit week 2 of the preseason, an aggravated $42,000 for defenseless player in week 2, another $10K for another late hit week 9 (and I thought that was supposed to be doubled anyway for second offense), and another $15,750 this week.  $77,750 for himself, plus you can tack on another $25,750 to the team for Level 3 (plus about a third of the $75,000 fined for getting there), and you don't have the decency to suspend him.  The Titans become the third team this season to be fined over $300,000 for Player Safety fouls.
• Cincinnati Bengals:  Carlos Dunlap:  $15,750 for a horse-collar tackle.
• Atlanta Falcons:  William Moore -- an unusual amount here for defenseless player in the head/neck:  $22,050.  This makes Moore a THREE-TIME LOSER FOUR-TIME LOSER (according to a Philadelphia article), two in three weeks.  (The one I didn't have in my records was a $15,750 fine in Week 1 -- leading with the crown of the helmet.)
• Seattle Seahawks:  Michael Bennett:  $15,750 for a knee shot on the quarterback.
• Detroit Lions:  Two more (and two more fines for the Lions team at Level 3)  Nick Fairley (AGAIN):  $15,750 for slamming an opponent to the ground.
• Detroit Lions:  Willie Young:  $15,750 for roughing the passer.  Both were fined for that Week 3 pre-season melee.  Fairley is now a THREE-TIME LOSER this season, Young a TWO-TIME LOSER.
• So add another $31,500 to the Lions total for the year.  That is FIFTEEN FINES in NINE GAMES (plus the preseason) for the Lions.  The Lions are now well over $425,000 themselves for the year.  HYPOCRISY, HYPOCRISY, HYPOCRISY.
• Green Bay Packers:  Clay Matthews is now a TWO-TIME LOSER.  $15,750 for roughing the passer.
• Dallas Cowboys:  Bruce Carter:  $15,750 for a horse-collar tackle.
• St. Louis Rams:  Trumaine Johnson:  $7,875 for a throat-slash gesture.
• Chicago Bears:  Charles Tillman:  $7,875 for a face mask.  A TWO-TIME LOSER.
• San Francisco 49ers:  Colin Kapernick:  $7,875 for a face mask.

$232,050 this week.

I have two messages for Roger Goodell on my Twitter.  Both are profane.

Catching up:

• Add another doubled fine for the Redskins from Week 9:  Chris Baker and the Level 3 Redskins fined $7,875 each for Baker's late hit vs. Minnesota.
• Word is already out that Indianapolis' Erik Walden will get a "hefty fine" for his antics last night.  That probably will get the supplemental treatment -- we probably get that Tuesday or Wednesday.

In looking for any teams not fined yet this year, I found out something shocking:  FIFTEEN players (not just the five I have in my records) were fined in Week One of the PRESEASON...

Here are what I can find of the rest:

• Tennessee Titans:  Nigel Nicholas:  $15,750 for Roughing the Passer.  (Down the line, that fine is doubled.)
• Pittsburgh Steelers:  Jason Woriolds:  $15,750 for Roughing the Passer.  (The fines in pre-season are only collected if the player makes a roster -- but they still count against the number.)
• St. Louis Rams:  Ray-Ray Armstrong:  $7,875 for a face mask.
• Washington Redskins:  Bacarri Rambo:  $7,875 for a late hit.  Double that one too down the line.
• Seattle Seahawks:  Antoine Winfield:  $7,875 for a late hit.
• Miami Dolphins:  Jimmy Wilson:  $7,875 for a late hit.
• The Kansas City Chiefs are NOT clean for the season:  Jalil Brown, $7,875 for a late hit.
• Neither are the Oakland Raiders:  Branidan Ross, $7,875 for a late hit.
• Dallas Cowboys:  Eric Frampton, another $7,875, another late hit.
• Indianapolis Colts:  Shawn Losieau, one final late hit for $7,875.

Nearly $160,000 total for WEEK ONE OF THE PRESEASON.

According to this article, a suspension under the Player Safety Initiative DOES COUNT vs. the number on the fine, up to $50,000.

Hence:

•  Put $50,000 against Houston's number (and put them in Level 2 and Level 3, so the league gets $75,000 from the team) for Antonio Smith's suspension for Week 1 -- cost him over $300,000, according to Spotrac.
• Merriweather's suspension for the Redskins cost the team $50,000, not $16,725.

I didn't have a Fine Blotter for the last week of the pre-season.  USA Today says I should've:

• St. Louis Rams:  Eric Stevens:  $15,000 for unnecessary roughness.
• Detroit Lions:  Dominic Raiola:  $7,875 for a face mask.
• Miami Dolphins: Marvin McNutt:  $7,875 for a face mask.
• Houston Texans (then):  Dennis Johnson:  $7,875 for a face mask.  (Johnson later went to the Browns.)  (Tack on about another $1,875 for Level 3.)
• New York Giants:  Zak DeOssie:  $7,875 for, you guessed it, a face mask.
• Philadelphia Eagles:  Bennie Logan:  $7,875 for one more face mask.

• This would leave ONLY the Minnesota Vikings left as unfined for the year.  I'm looking for more.

Full total now:   $3.023,425.