NFL Hits Cam Jordan With Ridiculous Fine From Monday Night Football

The NFL announced in a December memo that it would be taking a more serious stance on players and teams faking injuries. It's something that can happen to avoid too-many-men penalties, afford time to make extra substitutions or slow down a hurry-up offense.
Of course, the problem is that it's almost impossible to know whether someone is actually hurt or not.
Cam Jordan Fine
Well, the NFL has now shown just how serious they were by fining the Saints a combined $550,000 for EDGE rusher Cam Jordan apparently faking an injury in the fourth quarter of the team's Week 13 Monday Night Football game.
The NFL was serious about the December 2 memo regarding fake injuries. How serious? The league has levied $550,000 in fines for an allegedly fake Cam Jordan injury in the fourth quarter on Monday night. https://t.co/OohF6U32fZ
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) December 10, 2022
This is how the fines broke down throughout the Saints.
NFL fined the Saints $350,000, HC Dennis Allen $100,000, co-defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen $50,000 and DE Cameron Jordan $50,000 for what the league felt was Jordan faking an injury and taking a knee in the 4th qtr Monday night, per sources. All parties plan to appeal fines.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 10, 2022
Jordan maintains there was no faking of any injury and that this has been an additional stressor on an already stressful situation.
Most expensive fine to date from the @NFL came in yesterday… added stressor for no reason
— cameron jordan (@camjordan94) December 10, 2022
Jordan says he clearly aggravated something and was injured during the Week 13 game, and initially laughed when he heard the fine, but once he heard the amount, that laughter quickly went away.
Agent told me bout it and initially I laughed and was like, that’s ridiculous- clearly aggravated something. then he told me how much the fine was 😳😨 and I been irked since.
— cameron jordan (@camjordan94) December 10, 2022
Jordan and the Saints have already said they will all appeal the fine, especially with how profoundly he has claimed his "innocence."
While the intentions behind this memo may have the right idea, it would be a huge blow if they issued the first one to a guy that didn't actually deserve the fine.
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