Cardinals safety Kitan Crawford’s wallet is a little lighter after he was hit with a $5,775 fine for a blindside block in Week 9 during the Cardinals’ 17-3 loss to the reigning Super Bowl champs, the Seattle Seahawks.
Crawford was not flagged for the blindside block during the game. It’s his only fine so far in the 2026 season.
The Cardinals selected Crawford in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Over his first season and a half, he’s landed 30 tackles, a pass breakup, and a blocked kick for Arizona.
Crawford was the only Cardinal fined in Week 9’s losing effort. On the Seahawks side, linebacker Ernest Jones was fined $23,882 for unnecessary roughness in the first quarter for a hit on Cardinals QB Gardner Minshew. Jones was flagged for the play in real time. Cornerback Devon Witherspoon was also fined $17,911 for taunting Trey McBride after a Seahawks’ defensive stand in the fourth quarter. It’s Witherspoon’s second taunting fine of the season — he was fined $11,941 earlier this season for taunting receiver Mack Hollins when the Seahawks beat the Patriots in the season opener, which is why this fine is so steep.
The NFL splits the funds it collects from player discipline and splits it between the NFLPA’s services to support retired players, the NFL Foundation, and other nonprofit organizations supporting sports leagues, community health initiatives, and player health and safety initiatives at all levels of sports.
