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Ever because the NFL created a rule towards reducing the helmet and making forcible contact with an opponent, loads of fines have been imposed. Flags, nonetheless, have not been thrown practically as typically.
Throughout the second quarter of Sunday’s 48-10 rout of the Bengals, Vikings cornerback Jeff Okudah drew a penalty for unlawful use of the helmet. The hit got here after receiver Tee Higgins caught a go on third down throughout Cincinnati’s first scoring drive of the sport. (The hooked up picture exhibits Okudah approaching operating again Samaje Perine on a distinct play.)
Okudah was not fined for the infraction.
The rule has confirmed to be troublesome to implement. Loads of fines have been overturned on enchantment. With Okudah, somebody apparently determined that, if Okudah have been fined, that one could be reversed, too.
This did not cease the league from imposing 5 use-of-helmet fines for Week 3. Raiders defensive again Isaiah Pola-Mao was fined $17,248, Dolphins operating again Ollie Gordon II was fined $5,045, Saints defensive finish Bryan Bresee was fined $18,581, and Seahawks defensive lineman Leonard Williams was fined $23,186, and 49ers linebacker Fred Warner was fined $23,186.
Pola-Mao, Bresee, and Williams have been penalized. Gordon and Warner weren’t.
