Fairley fined $15,000 for hit on Cutler; Suh, Briggs, Peppers not fined

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We have one last fine to report from Sunday’s rough-and-tumble Lions-Bears game at Soldier Field.

Lions rookie defensive tackle Nick Fairley has been fined $15,000 for roughing the passer because he unnecessarily drove quarterback Jay Cutler into the ground, the league office has confirmed to PFT.

Fairley’s fine is the last of six different fines totaling $62,500 that the NFL handed down for various offenses from the Lions-Bears game. We passed along the rest of them here.

Three players who weren’t fined are Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, Bears linebacker Lance Briggs and Bears defensive end Julius Peppers. Suh knocked Cutler’s helmet off on a hit, but the NFL deemed it clean. And Briggs and Peppers both laid hard shots on Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, but the NFL deemed both of those clean, too — even though Briggs was given a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness.

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Stafford fined $7,500; Moore fined $15,000

A confrontation between Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and Bears defensive back D.J. Moore that set off a brawl on Sunday has resulted in fines for both men.

Stafford was fined $7,500 for throwing Moore to the ground while Moore was blocking him following an interception. That led to Moore retaliating after the play by running head-first into Stafford, and Moore has been fined $15,000 for that.

Lions guard Rob Sims was fined $7,500 for joining the fight that broke out after the Moore-Stafford confrontation.

The $7,500 fine is chump change for Stafford, who got $41.7 million guaranteed as the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft. That may be why Stafford said Wednesday that he doesn’t “really care either way, to tell you the truth” about the NFL fining him.

Other fines from the Lions-Bears game include $7,500 for Kyle Vanden Bosch for a late hit, and $10,000 for Earl Bennett for wearing orange shoes for the second straight week. Yes, in the NFL wearing the wrong color shoes can get you fined more than hitting an opponent after the whistle or starting a fight.

 

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Briggs and Peppers didn't deserve fines, so that makes sense.