Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Leonard Williams was magnificent towards the New York Jets, completely incomes NFC Defensive Participant of the Week honors after recording two sacks, a 92-yard pick-six, and even a blocked further level.
And but, his dominant efficiency did have one mistake that price him a sack and can price him some cash.
The NFL fined Williams $16,883 for his opening quarter facemask takedown of Aaron Rodgers, which negated a sack that will’ve put the Jets out of area aim vary. New York would ultimately rating the sport’s opening landing after the infraction.
Face-masking the QB is just about an computerized nice, and there was little doubt that this was a penalty. It’s Williams’ second nice this season, having beforehand grabbed onto Deebo Samuel’s face masks within the Week 6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
The one different nice from this recreation was for Jets defensive lineman Solomon Thomas, whose horse collar deal with of Zach Charbonnet on 4th and 1 on Seattle’s game-winning landing drive prolonged the collection. Thomas was docked $16,833 for the infraction.
The one fines from Seahawks vs. Jets:
Leonard Williams face masking Aaron Rodgers, which negated a drive-killing sack and led to a TD.
Solomon Thomas horse collar tackling Zach Charbonnet, which negated a drive-killing deal with and led to Seattle’s profitable TD. pic.twitter.com/jZ11xkr5DT
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) December 8, 2024
