There have been 5 fines issued for final weekend’s Seattle Seahawks vs. Miami Dolphins sport. A few these fines have been for infractions that went uncalled in an in any other case penalty-filled contest.
On the Seahawks aspect, cornerback Devon Witherspoon was docked $11,255 for his pointless roughness penalty within the opening quarter. Rookie linebacker Tyrice Knight was fined $5,490 for what ought to’ve been a horse-collar sort out on Dolphins rookie working again Jaylen Wright. No flag was thrown on the play, although it seemed like a penalty on the time.
Seahawks Week 3 fines
Tyrice Knight — $5,490 for horse-collar sort out
Devon Witherspoon — $11,255 for late hit
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— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) September 28, 2024
On the Dolphins aspect: Miami security Kader Kohou’s fourth quarter face masks of Jaxon Smith-Njigba price him $5,528, linebacker Duke Riley’s pointless roughness penalty for blindside hitting Drake Thomas on a second quarter punt will lighten his pockets by $16,883, after which there’s fullback Alec Ingold and what received him a $11,817 high quality.
With Boye Mafe dominated out for Week 4 towards the Detroit Lions, this uncalled unlawful low block penalty may be very related. Whereas Tyrel Dodson was busy sacking Skylar Thompson on the opening possession of the second half, Mafe was being chopped down by Ingold on his proper knee, the identical one he suffered a contusion on after an inadvertent collision towards the New England Patriots.
I can not show it re Boye Mafe re-aggravating his proper knee damage, however Dolphins FB Alec Ingold was simply fined for illegally low blocking Mafe on Tyrel Dodson’s sack. Identical knee received hit. Mafe performed 12 extra snaps after this.
There ought to’ve been a flag thrown and there was not. pic.twitter.com/Cw3LN5CnbK
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) September 28, 2024
That is the second time a Seahawks go rusher has been the sufferer of an unlawful low block over the previous a number of weeks. Uchenna Nwosu was chop blocked by Cleveland Browns guard Wyatt Teller within the preseason finale, costing him the primary 4 video games of the common season (and doubtlessly extra). What makes the low block by Ingold completely different is the comparatively current rule change that now penalizes gamers for blocks beneath the waist outdoors of the “tight finish field.”
The tight finish field is outlined within the NFL Rulebook as, “a rectangle that’s enclosed by imaginary traces two yards outdoors the conventional sort out positions and 5 yards on both aspect of the road of scrimmage. The tight finish field continues to exist after the ball leaves the realm.”
In 2021, the NFL forbade blocks beneath the waist outdoors of the “tight finish field.”
Gamers are prohibited from initiating contact beneath the waist of an opponent outdoors the tight finish field (See 3-33), besides towards a runner or a participant who’s trying to catch a ahead or backward go.
The video signifies that Mafe was outdoors of the imaginary field when he took a direct hit on his already compromised knee. Mafe did play 12 extra snaps following this play, however the Ingold low block remains to be price highlighting given he’s now sidelined for the Detroit Lions sport for the second season in a row.
