I will never pretend to understand why the NFL does what they do. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for how they enforce their rules and the mantra of player safety is nothing more than a facade.
The NFL has also never been very subtle when it comes to targeting players for punishment and once you are on their radar, the league seems to have no principles when it comes to creating a financial hardship for a player for no good reason.
The latest player the league seems to have some sort of personal stake in ruining is Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jaylen Warren. The league fined Warren more than $48,000 last week for a block he made on a blitz pickup that did not draw a flag, which amounted to the entirety of his game check.
This is the second time this season Warren has gotten a massive fine like this for a legal block the officials on the field felt was well within the rules. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and his $64 million a year salary should be ashamed. Warren’s base salary is only $870,000 so he has been fined over 10 percent of his earnings for two legal plays.
