The Seattle Seahawks misplaced their first recreation of the season on Monday, and second-year working again Zach Charbonnet simply bought his first advantageous of his profession.
Within the NFL’s weekly fines report, Charbonnet was docked $45,020 for illegally decreasing his helmet to provoke contact on Detroit Lions security Kerby Joseph. This was on the primary play of the second half of Seattle’s 42-29 defeat at Ford Area. Seattle used a two-back set with Kenneth Walker carrying the ball, and Charbonnet serving as a blocker.
The Charbonnet “decreasing the helmet” penalty from each All-22 angles, at 0.5 pace.
By rule, I feel this can be a penalty. However the NFL has proven zero consistency making use of this rule ever because it was applied in 2018. pic.twitter.com/xtnZ5Xd591
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) October 5, 2024
Right here is the NFL rulebook on unlawful helmet use:
ARTICLE 10. IMPERMISSIBLE USE OF THE HELMET.
It’s a foul if a participant:
(a) lowers his head and makes forcible contact together with his helmet towards an opponent; or
(b) makes use of any a part of his helmet or facemask to butt or make forcible contact to an opponent’s head or neck space.
These provisions don’t prohibit incidental contact by the masks or the helmet in the middle of a standard sort out or block on an opponent.
Illegally decreasing the helmet/launching right into a participant with the helmet carries a advantageous of $22,511 for a first-time offense, and $45,020 for a second offense. Having combed over the NFL’s punishment log for 2023, there is no such thing as a report of Charbonnet being beforehand fined. It’s subsequently puzzling that Charbonnet bought a advantageous this massive, until he’d obtained a previous warning for his first offense in lieu of a advantageous.
The excellent news for Charbonnet is that he can enchantment this ruling and doubtlessly get the advantageous rescinded. Instances are heard by appeals officers and former NFL gamers Derrick Brooks, Ramon Foster, Kevin Mawae, or Jordy Nelson.
The “decreasing the helmet” penalty was launched in 2018 and expanded in 2023. It’s nearly by no means known as in-game and is mostly known as on both defensive gamers or working backs. In 2022, half of the “lowering the helmet” fines were rescinded, and solely 5 flags have been thrown in 2023 for this specific infraction. None have been known as in 2024, however 16 gamers have been fined after the very fact.
Charbonnet was the one Seahawks participant fined this week. Trevis Gipson and McClendon Curtis weren’t fined for his or her respective face masks penalties. The Detroit Lions had Jameson Williams docked $14,069 for dunking the ball by the goalpost after his 70-yard landing. Dunking the ball a la Tony Gonzalez has lengthy been banned ever since Jimmy Graham broke the goalpost in 2013. Levi Onwuzurike’s roughing the passer on Geno Smith within the fourth quarter price him $13,849.
