According to Albert Breer of SI.com, the league fined the Miami Dolphins $30,000 and coach Adam Gase $15,000 for the handling of the Week Six injury report regarding quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
The fine came from the team’s listing of Tannehill as a full participant in practice on a Thursday, even though Tannehill missed some of the first-team reps.
Per Breer, the Dolphins and Gase weren’t fined for failing to downgrade Tannehill from questionable to doubtful due to a shoulder injury, in advance of the team’s decision to make him inactive for the game against the Bears. That would seem to the the more obvious — and problematic — violation of the rules.
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Only for the Dolphins. Gronk can miss the flight and still be listed as questionable and no one bats an eye.Irishman, Phin McCool, resnor and 1 other person like this.
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$30,000? Ha! That's chump change. Ross has that between his butt cheeks.
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Remind me to never ask Ross to spot me a twentyIrishman, resnor, Surfs Up 99 and 2 others like this.
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Simply another example of the league protecting a certain team, and allowing an unfair advantage.
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They can and probably will appeal, although it probably makes more sense just to pay the fine. I think it's funny how the NFL acts like they're an elitist homeowner's association that has to penalize folks for every little thing to keep the neighborhood from falling apart.
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Where was this energy when Tom Brady spent decades on the injury list as probable?
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