{"id":139430,"date":"2025-09-13T05:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/139430\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T05:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:12:14","slug":"chargers-teair-tart-fined-for-travis-kelce-week-1-slap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/139430\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers’ Teair Tart fined for Travis Kelce Week 1 slap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL is making Chargers defensive tackle Teair Tart pay for slapping Travis Kelce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tart, who slapped Kelce during the Chargers\u2019 27-21 Week 1 win over Kansas City<\/a>, is going to be fined by the NFL, ESPN reported Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The actual amount of Tart\u2019s punishment has yet to be released by the NFL, as the league announces fines on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

However, league rules dictate that a fine for a first offense of striking is $12,172, so it is likely that Tart will be hit with that amount.<\/p>\n

Following a play in the third quarter during last week\u2019s game in Brazil, Tart smacked Kelce\u2019s helmet in retaliation after the tight end shoved the lineman.<\/p>\n

The slap resulted in a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty against Los Angeles, but Tart was not ejected because he made open-hand contact, NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay said during the broadcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to [NFL officiating rules analyst] Walt Anderson, they said because it was an open-hand contact to the head, that was not disqualifying action,\u201d McAulay said.<\/p>\n

\"ScreenshotThe official amount of Teair Tart\u2019s fine will be announced on Saturday afternoon. itsme_Gatsby on X<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this one, they felt it was just an open hand blow to the head, not a closed fist, not a punch, and they did not disqualify in this case,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that he was confused as to why Tart was not ejected from the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand that rule,\u201d Reid told reporters Monday<\/a>. \u201cI guess it\u2019s open-hand, fist, whatever, I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know what their decision was on that. But he definitely got hit in the head pretty hard, whether it was an open fist or a closed fist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LosLos Angeles Chargers defensive lineman Teair Tart (90) during training camp at The Bolt. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Tart, 28, signed a one-year deal worth $1.5 million with the Chargers during the offseason, with the team giving him a $2 million bonus before offseason activities.<\/p>\n

Following the Week 1 game, Tart took to Instagram, throwing a jab at Kelce and his fianc\u00e9e<\/a>, 14-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift, posting a picture with a caption that read, \u201cI\u2019m too swift with it even in Brazil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tart\u2019s post was then met with mountains of backlash from Swift\u2019s immense fan base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL is making Chargers defensive tackle Teair Tart pay for slapping Travis Kelce. Tart, who slapped Kelce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1240,3052,593,85,14068],"class_list":["post-139430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-travis-kelce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}