For the fourth time dating back to 2024, Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Leonard Williams has seen his pockets lightened for an on-field infraction.
The NFL docked Williams $46,371 for his headbutting
personal foul penalty in the third quarter of Seattle’s 38-35 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Presumably the reason for the severity of this fine is tied to his previous personal foul penalty and subsequent fine against the New Orleans Saints.
This penalty turned a run stop by Ernest Jones IV into a new set of downs and an eventual touchdown for the Buccaneers.
Williams was twice fined last year for face mask penalties, and now he’s got two fines this year for unnecessary roughness. The only other Seahawk fined this season were Devon Witherspoon, who taunted Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride but wasn’t penalized at the time, and Kenneth Walker III, who frustratedly threw the ball in the direction of Cardinals corner Kei’Trel Clark and was subsequently flagged.
No one on the Buccaneers was fined, even though one of their penalties was a roughing the passer call. Seahawks DT Byron Murphy II was also not flagged for his roughing call.
