EXCLUSIVE Vikings Star Justin Jefferson Faces Hefty Fine for ‘Violent Gesture’
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has been fined by the NFL for his score festivity in Week 16.
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported December 30 that Jefferson was fined $13,659 for unsportsmanlike direct in the wake of “making a short, weapon like sign at the camera” — a “fierce motion” under association rules — during the group’s Week 16 misfortune to the Detroit Lions.
Jefferson, who has four scores on the season, has been fined two times while celebrating in the end zone as one of the association’s most popular scorers in the NFL. Jefferson immediately climbed into fame with his popular “Griddy” dance in the end zone.
Harrison Phillips and Najee Thompson were likewise fined for superfluous unpleasantness. According to NFL Football Operations, Thompson was penalized $4,167 and Phillips was penalized $10,927.
Justin Jefferson Fined Before by the NFL in 2023
Following Seven days 4 win over the Carolina Pumas on October 1, Jefferson praised one of his two scores on the day with a “excessively little” signal toward a Jaguars protector.
He was fined $10,927 for insulting on October 7, ESPN’s Kevin Seifert detailed.
Jefferson has been fined $24, 586 this season exclusively on his score festivities. The two fines were first offenses, however if he somehow happened to commit one more infringement of one or the other rule, he would be fined more this season.
Vikings Have Paid the eighth Least Fines in the NFL
Getting three fines last week, the Vikings program has confronted $114,290 in fines this season as the eighth-least fined group in the association, as per Spotrac.
Prior to the three fines last week, the Vikings hadn’t been fined since Week 9, making them one of the NFL’s least penalized teams with the third-fewest penalties.
Harrison Smith has confronted the steepest fine, a $21,855 note for impermissible utilization of the head protector in Week 3.
Unexpectedly, Smith got the fine only days after he stood up on a twofold standard the association has in finding cautious players more frequently than hostile players with regards to specific principles like protective cap to-cap contact and getting the facemask.
“Clearly, if the facemask is offensive, similar to the two [Browns quarterback] Deshaun Watson had against Pittsburgh (in Week 2), they call it,” Smith told the Star Tribune, alluding to two plays where Watson was fined $35,513 for three unique infractions he committed on Monday Night Football.
“In any case, fundamentally, they can facemask us on each play as long as they don’t get it. However, assuming that we touch theirs, that is a punishment and a 10-, 15-thousand fine.”
The NFL hasn’t been open about how it handles violations of the code of conduct on the field, only reporting fines that reporters ask about. Under the association’s new gameday responsibility drive, the NFL is currently revealing all fines given every week — something long been past due, as per Smith.
“They ought to be absolutely straightforward on the aggregate sum of cash they’ve taken from guarded players contrasted with hostile players over the last 10, 15 years,” he added.
As per association information through about four months, protective players have gotten 246 fines contrasted with 114 fines by hostile players, per Spotrac’s data set.
