Two Patriots players fined for hits during Sunday's win over Jets
While New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones was not fined for his incident with Sauce Gardner, two of his teammates did receive fines for hits during Sunday's win over the New York Jets. Jabrill Peppers and JuJu Smith-Schuster were both fined for unnecessary roughness. Peppers was charged $43,709 and Smith-Schuster was penalized $16,391. Here is the […]
While New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones was not fined for his incident with Sauce Gardner, two of his teammates did receive fines for hits during Sunday's win over the New York Jets.
Jabrill Peppers and JuJu Smith-Schuster were both fined for unnecessary roughness.
Peppers was charged $43,709 and Smith-Schuster was penalized $16,391.
Here is the hit that Jabrill Peppers was fined on (via NESN's Zach Cox):
Peppers' incident occurred in the second quarter after he hit Jets' running back Breece Hall who was running up the middle.
He was not flagged for the hit during the game.
Here is the hit that JuJu Smith-Schuster was penalized on (via Colin McCarthy):
Smith-Schuster executed an illegal blindside block on C.J. Mosley and drew the flag for a personal foul.
NFL makes final decision on Mac Jones-Sauce Gardner controversy
The situation is now in the past.
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