Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Week 4 Fine Blotter: Not Odell Beckham, but the crackdown on conduct continues...

  • Washington Redskins:  Josh Norman has announced he's been fined $9,115 by the league for his 15 yard penalty for the bow and arrow gesture he gave.  Norman is now TWO-TIME LOSER in two consecutive weeks.
Let's just get down to it, NFL:  If you are that interested in cracking down on unsportsmanlike conduct, then you are going to have to say anything outside the flow of the game is 15 yards:
  • Spiking the ball
  • Sack Dances
  • The Lambeau Leap
  • Any celebration which delays the start of the play clock
  • etc.
You're going to have to go to the high school rule.  It's clear that the NFL is cracking down on unsportsmanlike conduct.  If they really want to do that, they'll have to go far further to show that it's the No Fun League.

Norman is appealing, but, for the same reason as a throat-slash will get you 15 and a fine, I think he loses.  (Representation of weaponry.)

EDIT TO ADD 10:45 PM PDT:  Late Twitter comments have this one:
  • New York Jets:  Calvin Pryor:  $24,309 for unnecessary roughness.

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