Week 11 Suspension Blotter Part Five: Garrett's Life Ban Stands, Pouncey Reduced, as I thought it would be.

• Cleveland Browns:  Myles Garrett has had his life ban upheld by the appeals process.  He cannot be part of the NFL again without the approval of Commissioner Roger Goodell, and not until next year.
• Cleveland Browns:  Garrett's $45,623 fine stands as well for fighting and unsportsmanlike conduct.  The Browns are fined a minimum of $50,000 anyway for having to match all fines and a $50,000 penalty falling under the Club Remittance Policy for the on-field suspension.
• Pittsburgh Steelers:  Maurkice Pouncey has been reduced to a 2-game suspension.
• Pittsburgh Steelers:  And, to no one's surprise, the $35,096 fine for fighting stands.

Pretty much exactly how I saw it going down.

So the toteboard for Thursday, finally finishing now on the suspensions and associated fines for the suspended parties only is:

• Steelers Team Commissioner Fine:  $250,000
• Steelers Pouncey Fine:  $35,096

Steelers Total:  $285,096

• Browns Team Commissioner Fine:  $250,000
• Browns Four-Suspension Fine (to augment to $500,000 maximum):  $398,019
• Browns Garrett Fine:  $45,623
• Browns Team Penalty Under Excessive-Fine Clause of the Club Remittance Policy (capped at $50,000 per player per incident):  $98,247 ($48,247 for lost salary to Ogunjobi, $50,000 for Garrett)

Browns Total:  $791,889

So the total so far:  $1,076,975

And the Browns must match any fines they receive further

And the Steelers WILL breach the Level 1 Fine penalty for an additional $50,000 once Rudolph and other people entering the fight area is added in.

We're probably looking about $1.3 million for this single incident.

And one more thing before people think that I'm crazy to say the league is probably going to have to investigate the Browns...  As of right now:

• With Garrett's fine, the Browns now stand at direct player fines of $341,872
• The Commissioner fined the team another $250,000
• The Club Remittance Policy on Suspensions is another $500,000 (and that's the maximum)
• And the Club Remittance Policy on Fines, against a now fine number of 396,249, has now seen the Browns fined $250,132

That's ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR DOLLARS the Browns and their players have been fined for misconduct.

$1.5 million is probably a good over-under after the rest of this is applied on Friday or Saturday.