Week 8 Score Report, Fine and Suspension Blotter

Week 8 Score Report:

Week was heading for 50 points per game, but then the Seahags had to go screw it up.

Average for Week 8:  47.38, highest Week 8 since 2004.

8 week per-game average:  46.35, now about three-quarters of a point above last year.

And now the Blotter:

We begin with someone getting the heave-ho from the league:

• Jacksonville Jaguars:  Justin Blackmon is now suspended indefinitely -- STRIKE THREE on the Drug policy.

And now Week 8's monetary shenanigans:

• Speaking of the Seahags: Golden Tate:  $7,875 for waving goodbye to the St. Louis Rams while scoring a touchdown.  Not only is this taunting, but the league is now considering going to the college rule -- you do that, the points come off the board!  (About damn freaking time!!)  That makes him a TWO-TIME LOSER this season.
• Buffalo Bills:  Mario Williams:  $7,875 for a face mask on Drew Brees of the Saints.
• Cleveland Browns:  Joe Haden:  $7,875 for a late hit.
• New York Jets:  David Nelson:  $7,875 for unnecessary roughness.
• ANY more fines for the Jets put them back in Level 2 status.  (Jets total against the number:  $101,375)
• Cincinnati Bengals:  Vontaze Burfict, at it again.  $21,000 for spearing.  He becomes the first player to become a THREE-TIME LOSER in three separate games this year.  (Merriweather was suspended for offenses two and three in Week 7.)
• Atlanta Falcons got two:  Osi Umeniyora:  $15,750 for a helmet-to-helmet job.
• Atlanta Falcons:  William Moore, same fine and offense.  TWO-TIME LOSER -- Falcons have 4 fines, all $15,750 -- Moore has two of them.
• Denver Broncos:  Wesley Woodyard:  Another $15,750, another helmet-to-helmet job.
• Denver Broncos:  Kevin Wilkerson:  $7,875 for a late hit.  TWO-TIME LOSER in back-to-back weeks.
• Detroit Lions:  Joseph Fauria:  $7,875 for a late hit.
• Detroit Lions:  Team:  $7,875 for $-$ on Level 3.

A catch-up:

• Carolina Panthers:  Apparently, according to this article,  Mike Mitchell is a FIVE-TIME LOSER.  Mitchell's fine for taunting Sam Bradford after the play which injured him was apparently his fourth $7,875 fine of the season to go along with $15,500 one time.
• This puts the Panthers right at the Level 2 number:  $101,250.

Appears to be all so far.

Week 8:                $   123,375
Total for 8 weeks:  $2,344,875 (by my spreadsheet)