Playing Fair: And before anyone thinks I'm playing favorites here...

... there's another NFL team that, far quieter than the Cowboys, may need a league kick in the ass real damn soon now.

And, don't look now...  It's another team that occasionally gets the moniker "America's Team"...

But it's not who you might think at first.

It's the Green Bay Packers!

Made reference to it somewhat in the post about Pacman and the Cowboys below, but, after further consideration, thought this might be better for it's own post for this record since the 2015 offseason:

• July 2, 2015:  Datone Jones, 1 game.
• July 23, 2015:  Letroy Guion, 3 games.
• February 19, 2016:  Mike Pennel, 4 games.
• April 8, 2016:  Demetri Goodson, 4 games.
• December 6, 2016:  Mike Pennel, the last 4 games of the season -- could have been 6-8, but this was a settlement because Pennel was appealing this suspension and prepared to sue the NFL because of arbitrator disputes.
• March 7, 2017:  Letroy Guion again:  4 games -- this one for PEDs, the other one was for an arrest for possession of marijuana.  A number of Green Bay outlets felt this was time, even though Guion is one of the better players on a substandard Packer defense, to cut him and cut their losses.  The suspension forced the Packers to restructure his deal -- he's lost $200,000 in roster bonuses and had them pushed well into the season, and $600,000 off his salary for this year.
• July 19, 2017:  Geronimo Allison, 1 game.

This means that the Packers enter the season with multiple players suspended for one form or another of the drug policy the last THREE SEASONS.  If the Packers get a third suspension before the season starts for any reason, they have to cut the league a check under the Club Remittance Policy, like the Cowboys and Jets already do.

But it's not just that!

Not that the NFL publicized them all (or even a great number of them), but I was able to try to do all the fine blotters from the NFL last season.

To the best of my knowledge, the Green Bay Packers were the fifth-most fined team in the NFL last year, at $167,118, plus a $50,000 team fine for reaching the first fine threshold.

And now, let's look at the secondary darling of the Packers, one Mr. Clay Matthews...

This guy's racking up a fine blotter worthy of suspension real good and quick!

• Week 1, 2013:  $15,000 $7,875 for instigating a brawl with a cheap shot on Colin Kaepernick in San Francisco.  Shoud've been ejected from that game and suspended.
• Week 10, 2013:  $15,750 for roughing the passer.  Appealed and duly ignored.
• 2015 NFC Championship Game:  $22,050 for a blindside block on an interception return.
• Week 5, 2015:  $17,363 for roughing the passer.
• Week 7, 2016:  $18,231 for breaking the arm of the opposing quarterback.
• Week 6, 2011:  $5,000 for a uniform violation, probably not relevant to this discussion.
• Week 14, 2014:  $10,000 repeat uniform violation.

At least five major Player Safety incidents (one washed out, one minimized), but it's clear that the Packers and Matthews are getting into the doghouse rather strongly here.