NFL Hits Three Buffalo Bills With Fines After Rams Game

Now that we've had a few days to digest that major Bills overtime win in Los Angeles, the hometown team is getting ready for another West Coast battle as they get ready to jet over to Las Vegas to face the Raiders in a Week 6 battle in the desert.

However, before the team can get to work in Vegas, there are a few members of the Bills whose pockets are not a little lighter and have a few less dollars in them after that hard-fought game against the Rams.

If any of the team wanted to hit a casino or two while in Sin City, they may want to not ask CJ Gardner-Johnson, Bradley Chubb, and James Cook if they want to hang since they have all been fined by the NFL after that Week 5 matchup

NFL's Gameday Accountability Team Handed Out Fines For Week Five

Every single week during the football season, officials from the league review every single play that happened during every game and issue fines and discipline to players.

During Week Five, nearly 2,500 plays happened during the week, 2,494 to be exact, and 22 of those plays resulted in players being issued financial penalties from the league after violating rules. It doesn't matter if a player was penalized during the game or not; since game-day officials can miss calls, the league does this review to make sure accountability is applied.

In the list of players fined, three Bills had some cash snatched from their paychecks this week.

James Cook, Bradley Chubb, and CJ Gardner-Johnson All Hit With NFL Fines After Rams Game

There were a lot of penalties and action during the Bills and Rams matchup during Week 5. A total of 24 penalties were called during the game. Plus the Rams' Alaric Jackson, who punched Bradley Chubb, was suspended by the league for one game without pay, which means he's set to lose $934,555, which is the approx. amount of his weekly LA Rams paycheck.

If that wasn't enough, Cook, Gardner-Johnson, and Chubb were also hit with fines:

• Bradley Chubb was fined $14,329 for Unsportsmanlike Conduct / Taunting during overtime,
• James Cook was fined $21,167 for Unnecessary Roughness because he used his helmet during a run in the first quarter, and
• CJ Gardner-Johnson was fined $11,194 in the fourth quarter for Unnecessary Roughness.

In total this season, there have been six fines issued to Buffalo Bills through week five, costing players a total of $85,220, with Chubb and Gardner-Johnson now being fined twice this season.

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