Three Buffalo Bills players caught fines from the NFL following their late-game conduct in the AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Things got heated late in the fourth quarter as the Bills realized the game was slipping away and that they wouldn’t be advancing to Super Bowl LV.
The biggest fine handed out was to Bills QB Josh Allen, who seemed to start the scuffle by tossing the football at Chiefs DE Alex Okafor’s head following a tackle. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Allen was fined a whopping $15,000 for the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. That’ll put a dent in his game check.
#Bills QB Josh Allen was fined $15,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct for flicking the ball at #Chiefs DE Alex Okafor’s head and touching off the fourth-quarter kerfuffle in last week’s AFC title game.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 30, 2021
In addition, the two offensive linemen who shoved Okafor following the incident with Allen were fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct as well according to Ian Rapoport. You can hardly blame them for coming to the aid of their quarterback, but the NFL found them in the wrong since their quarterback was the instigator here.
#Bills G Jon Feliciano and #Bills T Dion Dawkins were each fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct for their role in a fourth-quarter deal last week, both shoving Alex Okafor away. https://t.co/vrnylyRKB5
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 30, 2021
The Chiefs seem to have escaped this incident without any fines to their players, which is good news heading into Super Bowl LV. Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail between Kansas City and Tampa Bay.
