2018 NFL Fine Blotter Preview

Well, tomorrow is the first Fine Friday of the NFL season -- and if FootballZebras.com is correct, there could be quite a few Roughing the Passer fines.  There were 14 such calls in the first week, and all save two deemed correct.  We'll find out how many are announced as fine-able tomorrow.

But some interesting looks at the pre-season, which counts against all Club Remittance totals for the year:

• The New York Jets are rapidly becoming the Bad Boys of 2018 -- which may not be that big a shock if that is going to get them a push like their Week 1 blowout of the Lions indicates!  The Jets were already being fined (in a separate column, this one for multiple suspensions) $79,800.  There were no announced fines in either Week 3 or 4 in the NFL of this year's preseason, but the Jets accrued FOUR fines in the first two games of the preseason, totaling $86,216.  So, not only are the Jets already over halfway to the Level 2 $50,000 fine at $140,395, but the Jets have already seen fine losses to the league totaling over $166,000 -- and the season hasn't started yet!

Only three other teams had multiple fines:

• The Browns had two in Week 1.
• The Raiders had two in Week 2.
• The Broncos had one in each game of the first two.

In all, eight teams are already sans the clean slate.  Fourteen players were fined a total of $263,357 -- in the PRE-SEASON, with NO augmented fines...

Hoo boy.  Tomorrow could get quite interesting!

• Interesting side-note on the Raiders.  The Raiders are now in a bit of a Catch-22.  When they cut Martavis Bryant in the pre-season, they could not say if it was about the suspension.  That would've been a $500,000 fine for tampering with the process under the Drug Policy.  However, since the Raiders already have two players suspended, keeping Bryant at that point would've resulted in a $250,000 total fine under the Club Remittance Policy should Bryant be suspended (as it graduates the first two to 25% of the lost salary, and Bryant's would be 25% of ALL of his 2018 salary).
• I'll say it again:  Someone better get a look into this situation in Oakland.  FAST!