I know I have not done score reports or spreadsheets to track a lot of this this year as I have in the past.
Part of it is motivation, part of it is that there are many more important things in the world right now.
But I do try to claw out a little bit on Saturday afternoon to check out the weekly NFL Gameday Accountability blotter for the week. (Scroll to Week 6 if you see this later.)
- Brian Branch's suspension stands. He sits this Sunday. Good.
- Maybe, just MAYBE, are the players getting the hint on taunting? I think this is the second week in a row the only unsportsmanlike fine or fines (one this week) were for the ol' Finger du Middle.
- Biggest fines of the week: Patrick Queen of the Steelers gets $23,186 for roughing the passer to the head. Call that what it is: Spearing. Launch helmet-to-helmet and that should've been the rest of the game on the bench for him.
- The other $23,186 fine was L'Jarius Sneed of the Titans for a helmet foul. Those usually get the biggest fines, as the league is trying to actively prevent the lowering of the head to bullrush move on both sides of the ball. Sneed looks like this was a helmet shot to get a tackle.
- Trent Williams got an oddly-captioned fine, but correct. Eleven grand for an altercation away from the ball when he tried to rip an opponent's helmet off by the face mask.
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