Cardinals' Andre Baccellia among those fined for Week 12

There were only 14 fines levied against NFL players in Week 12, the third-fewest this season, but three came in the Arizona Cardinals game against the Jacksonville Jaguars last Sunday.

Two were on the opening kickoff of the game when Cardinals wide receiver Andre Baccellia was fined $5,722 for unnecessary roughness (away from the play), and Jaguars linebacker Dennis Gardceck was tagged $11,275 for taunting. Gardeck played the first seven seasons of his career for the Cardinals before signing with the Jaguars in the offseason.

A replay review did not indicate where those infractions occurred or against whom they were committed. Neither resulted in penalties.

Jaguars center Robert Hainsey was fined $12,172 for a low block on safety Budda Baker in the third quarter for which he was penalized. On second-and-10 from the Cardinals' 14-yard line, running Travis Etienne Jr. ran to the two-yard line, but Hainsey cut Baker at the 7-yard line. The penalty moved the ball to the 22 for second-and-18.

However, quarterback Trevor Lawrence hit wide receiver Jakobi Meyers on two plays for 12 yards and a 10-yard touchdown to give Jacksonville a 17-14 lead.

The Gardeck penalty was one of four taunting fines in Week 12, with two penalized. For the season, 27 taunting fines have been assessed, although 14 were not penalized in-game.

There was also one fine for use of the helmet and one for a hip-drop tackle and both were not penalized on the field. For the season, none of the 24 hip-drop fines drew flags while only five of 43 use-of-helmet fines was penalized.

The other penalties in Week 12 were two for striking/kickiong/tripping/kneeing and one for a violent gesture, hit on a defenseless player, low block, facemask and blindside block.

The hit on a defenseless less player fine was by Detroit Lions safety Brian Branchi, his fourth fine of the season for a total of $57,976. Adding a game check of $76,625 he lost after being suspended one game for punching Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Schuster following a Week 6, game, Branch has been docked $134,601 this season.

The fines on three Lions players brings their season total to 14, second-most in the NFL behind the 17 by the Dallas Cowboys. In Week 5, there were 13 fines with the season low in Week 8 with 10.

The total fines for Week 12 were $161,210 for a total of $3,081,333 for the season.

Fines by team in Week 12

(no or yes indicates whether a penalty was called)

• 49ers WR Jauan Jennings, striking/kicking/tripping/kneeing ($12,172, no)

• Bears WR DJ Moore, taunting ($11,593, yes)

• Bills FB Reggie Gilliam, use of helmet ($11,111, no)

• Cardinals WR Andre Baccellia, roughness away from play ($5,722, no)

• Chiefs CB Trent McDuffie, facemask ($11,593, no)

• Chiefs G Kinglsey Suamataia, blindside block ($81,08, yes)

• Falcons TE Feleipe Franks, taunting ($8,111, yes)

• Jaguars LB Dennis Gardeck, taunting ($11,275, no)

• Jaguars C Robert Hainey, low block ($12,172, yes)

• Lions S Brian Branch, hit on defenseless player ($23,186, yes)

• Lions LB Jack Campbell, hip-drop tackle ($17,389, no)

• Lions T Dan Skipper, taunting ($6,917, no)

• Ravens LB Dre’Mont Jones, violent gesture ($14,055, no)

• Titans LB Jihad Ward, striking/kicking/tripping/kneeing ($7,806, yes)

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