After yet another penalty-heavy game involving the Seattle Seahawks, the fines have been issued to both Seattle and the Arizona Cardinals for illegal hits.
Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV was docked $23,882 for illegal use of helmet on Cardinals tight end Trey McBride. Jones was flagged for the hit, but the punishment obviously didn’t stop there. Jones and Atlanta Falcons receiver Drake London had the largest fines of the entire week, both for illegal helmet use.
For comparison, here is what London got fined for.
Meanwhile, Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon was fined (again) after his taunting penalty on McBride following Seattle’s game-sealing goal line stand. Officials erroneously said it was a roughness penalty when in fact Witherspoon did not touch McBride. This one will cost him $17,911.
It’s Spoon’s second taunting fine this season and he’s certainly no stranger to taunting penalties and/or fines since entering the NFL in 2023. Seattle leads the NFL in accepted 15-yard personal foul penalties on the season, which includes taunting.
As for the Cardinals, safety Kitan Crawford was fined $5,775 for an uncalled blindside block on Nehemiah Pritchett during a punt return.
Jalen Sundell was notably not fined for his unnecessary roughness penalty on Zach Charbonnet’s big catch-and-run, which feels like an unofficial way to say that there should’ve been no flag on the play.
