The Bears-Raiders game last week gave the NFL office plenty of work when it came to assessing misconduct fines.
The league penalized Bears wide receiver Anthony Miller and nose tackle Eddie Goldman, as well as hitting Raiders left guard Richie Incognito — a rampant offender of various league policies — with two fines, a source said. Oakland defensive tackle Maurice Hurst also got fined for a hit on Bears quarterback Chase Daniel.
The NFL docked Incognito $10,527 each for attempting to chop block Goldman in the second quarter and shoving Bears cornerback Buster Skrine’s head into the turf after a play in the first. According to Spotrac’s numbers, that pushed Incognito’s career tab over $700,000.
Goldman and Incognito spent much of the night tangling with each other and got into it again near the end. After Josh Jacobs scored the go-ahead touchdown with 1:57 remaining, Goldman shoved Incognito on the extra point and was whistled for unnecessary roughness. That drew him a $14,037 fine.
The NFL fined Hurst $21,056 for a roughing-the-passer penalty against Daniel with 11:20 left in the game.
Miller got a taunting penalty after Allen Robinson’s 16-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter. He appeared to gesture at and say something to Raiders cornerback Gareon Conley, the player Robinson beat, and that will cost him $10,527.
“The penalty he got in the end zone, I thought it was B.S.,” Robinson said after the game. “It was very ticky-tack to me... With all the emotion throughout the course of the game, I don’t think it was that flagrant to be [a penalty], especially on a touchdown. That’s tough.”
