In addition to the high-profile and widely reported fines and suspensions levied to Myles Garrett, Larry Ogunjobi, Maurkice Pouncey and Mason Rudolph, 29 other players were fined by the NFL for actions during last week’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns game.
Twenty-nine players — 19 Steelers and 10 Browns — were fined $3,507 apiece for “unnecessarily entering a fight area.” According to the NFL’s official fines schedule agreed to as part of the collective bargaining agreement, all 29 players were deemed as having “no active involvement” in the “fight” — the fine for “Unnecessarily Entering Fight Area (active involvement)” is $7,017.
Notably, not listed among those fined was David DeCastro, who arguably was more involved in the melee than anyone other than Rudolph, Garrett, Pouncey or Ogunjobi — but the league apparently determined DeCastro was serving the peace by keeping Rudolph and Garrett apart before, during and after Garrett ripped Rudolph’s helmet off and hit him over the head with it.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph has been fined $50,000 for his fight with Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett on Nov. 14.https://t.co/e2eIGiafYh
— Tribune-ReviewSports (@TribSports) November 23, 2019
Garrett was suspended for the remainder of the season for the incident, fined $45,623 and must apply for reinstatement to the commissioner’s office. Rudolph was fined $50,00 for his involvement in the fracas, Pouncey was suspended two games (after he appealed an initial three-game ban) for punching and kicking Garrett, and Ogunjobi was given a one-game penalty for shoving Rudolph from behind.
The following Steelers were fined for entering the fight area: Tyson Alualu, Mark Barron, Tony Brooks-James (since released), Bud Dupree, Terrell Edmunds, Trey Edmunds, Matt Feiler, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Ramon Foster, Mike Hilton, Tevin Jones, Kameron Kelly, Jaylen Samuels, Robert Spillane, Cameron Sutton, James Washington, T.J. Watt and Vince Williams.
THE BROWN AND STEELERS ARE BRAWLINGpic.twitter.com/Qi2YiZ6kqo
— NFL Retweet (@NFLRT) November 15, 2019
In addition to those disciplined for their part in the Rudolph/Garrett brouhaha, three of the four Browns players who delivered helmet-to-helmet hits during the 21-7 Cleveland victory were also fined.
Defensive back Greedy Williams was docked $28,075 for his blow that knocked JuJu Smith-Schuster out of the game. However, Morgan Burnett was not fined for also making helmet-to-helmet contact on Smith-Schuster during the sequence. Smith-Schuster left the game because of a concussion and knee injury, and he is not playing in Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Additionally on that same second-quarter play, Cleveland defensive end Chad Thomas hit Rudolph to the head; he was fined $21,056 for that hit.
Browns Damarious Randall ejected for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Steelers WR Diontae Johnson #Browns pic.twitter.com/MsYfKkoJQK
— CheckTheScoreboard (@CTheScoreBoard) November 15, 2019
Finally, Damarious Randall was docked $28,075 for a third-quarter hit on Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson that also resulted in a concussion for Johnson. Randall was ejected from the game.
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