The fine report is out for the Week 9 games, and there were several fine-worthy incidents between the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders.
Seattle’s lone fine coming out of last Sunday’s 38-14 romp was for taunting. Cornerback Riq Woolen was docked $11,593 for standing over Jacory Croskey-Merritt following a big tackle. The NFL has heavily emphasized as a punishable play in terms of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. In Riq’s case, he gets both the penalty and the fine.
This is Riq’s first fine of the year. Taunting penalties are just about automatic fines because this is the NFL we’re living in now.
The Commanders stacked fines on top of their L. Guard Chris Paul was dinged $6,256 for face masking Ernest Jones IV, center Tyler Biadasz cost himself $17,389 for an illegal blindside block, linebacker Jordan Magee had his own taunting fine that will cost him $5,848, and linebacker Frankie Luvu had the heaviest fine of $100,000 for his hip-drop tackle on Jaxon Smith-Njigba. On the plus side, Luvu’s suspension was rescinded, so he can play on Sunday against the Detroit Lions.
