2018 Week 13 Fine/Suspension Blotter

• Dallas Cowboys:  Jaylon Smith:  $26,739 for helmet to helmet -- and the penalty, to aid in the Cowboys defeating the Saints last Thursday, was not called.
• Tennessee Titans:  Taylor Lewan:  $26,739 (and it should've been investigated for suspension of either Lewan or the official involved) for confronting and threatening at least two of the officials last week.  This is NOT the "bitch" incident.  He had strong words for several of the officials on the field post-game.
• And he's going to get fined again this week -- in the Thursday Night Football game last night, an injured Lewan flipped off the sky-camera.
• And speaking of the "bitch" incident in the tunnel:  The NFL has placed on administrative leave the official involved, referee Roy Ellison.
• The Buffalo Bills player involved, Jerry Hughes, will not be suspended (that almost ensures the blame is on Ellison -- that is a prima facie suspension to go up the tunnel after a ref.  Watch this space: 
• Buffalo Bills:  But he is fined $53,482 for the incident -- double the applicable fine.  Buffalo is charged $50,000 against their number.  (Updated Saturday)
• Indianapolis Colts:  Matthew Adams:  $26,739 for his hit on Cody Kessler (roughing the passer, probably with amplification for the helmet).

Saturday updates, other than the Hughes fine:

• New Orleans Saints:  Marshawn Lattimore can add $13,369 to his $23 donation to the Salvation Army Kettle in Dallas.
• Cincinnati Bengals:  *sigh*  Vontaze Burfict...  AGAIN!!!:  Another $26,739 for unnecessary roughness.  He's given over $125,000 to Cincinnati's number.  THREE TIME LOSER this season, and that's after his third-season starting suspension!
• And, largely as a result of the $125,000 he's put on the number, the Bengals have been fined $50,000 for reaching Level 1 status.
• Los Angeles Rams:  Speaking of AGAIN and MULTIPLE TIME LOSERS:  Ndamokung Suh:  $20,054 for a horse collar.  That's TWO TIME LOSER for this season.
• Carolina Panthers:  And another MULTIPLE TIME LOSER:  Eric Reid:  $26,739 for defenseless receiver -- and that wasn't called!
• San Francisco 49er Coach Fine:  Kyle Shanahan:  $25,000 for in-game unsportsmanlike conduct, so that DOES count against the number.
• San Francisco 49ers:  Malcolm Smith:  $10,026 for unnecessary roughness.
• Seattle Seahawks:  Jarran Reid:  $20,054 for Roughing the Passer.
• Los Angeles Chargers:  Jatavis Brown:  $26,739 for unnecessary roughness.
• Meaning the next fine gets them Level 1 -- They're $18 short.
• Baltimore Ravens:  Za'Darius Smith:  $20,054 for Roughing the Passer
• Chicago Bears:  Chase Daniel:  $20,054 for a horse collar.  He's the current Bears quarterback -- the tackle was on an interception return.
• Kansas City Chiefs:  Eric Murray (TWO-TIME LOSER in back-to-back games!)
• Oakland Raiders:  Jared Cook
• Atlanta Falcons:  And Vic Beasley Jr., all $13,369 for unsportsmanlike conduct.
• Jacksonville Jaguars:  C.J. Reavis:  $10,026 for unnecessary roughness.
• Jacksonville Jaguars:  Ronnie Harrison:  $10,026 for taunting.
• And a first for the season.  Jacksonville becomes the first team in the NFL to reach Final Level 2 Status -- meaning, first, they are fined $25,000.  Second, for the amount above the Level 2 marker, they are fined dollar-for-dollar (another $9,865).  Third, they will be fined dollar-for-dollar for all fines going forward to the end of the season.  With those penalties, the Jaguars are over $300,000 in fines.

Hoo boy, and I may not have gotten them all.

But:

Jaguars team:  $34,865
Cincinnati team:  $50,000
Sixteen teams had fines so far this week, totalling:  $375,947

For a total (SO FAR!) this week of FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE DOLLARS.

YOUR POLICY DOES NOT FUCKING WORK!!!  GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD, GOODELL!!!

Suspension with a team fine on it:

• New York Jets:  Darron Lee, four games, substances of abuse.

And that's an even bigger fine for the Jets now.  The Jets now hit maximum percentage with their fourth suspension of the year -- the first team to reach that number.  That means all lost salaries are now fined at one-third (33%) of the total, up to $500.000.

They already had three suspensions for lost salaries of a total of $317,801.

Lee loses base and bonuses, according to Spotrac, of $655,935.

So that totals $973,736 -- meaning the Jets suspension Club Remittance fine now becomes $324,589.

And more:

• San Francisco 49ers:  Kyle Nelson, 10 games, PEDs.  He's their long-snapper and their third longest-tenured player.  Strike two.  That means 4 games this year and the first six of next year, if he still has an NFL career after this.  (Which I don't think he will.)

And that's a fine for the 49ers, their second suspension of the league year after Reuben Foster got 2 games in July.  (This was before the domestic violence allegations which got him cut by the 49ers last month.)

Nelson loses $229,411 (his last four games of his contract with SF).  Foster lost $241,586 for his offseason suspension.

The total of $470,997 means the 49ers are fined 15% of that:  $70,640.

And another:

• Cleveland Browns:  Practice-squad member Daniel Ekuale, 4 games for PEDs.  Team's first suspension of the league year.
• Free Agent, cut by the Raiders in March:  Sean Smith, thrown out of the league for an off-field assault incident.  Attempted murder, did prison for it this year.  Can try for reinstatement after the Super Bowl.  Second off-field suspension offense -- was banned three games for a DUI three years back with the Chiefs.