{"id":904188,"date":"2026-09-24T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904188\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:26:24","slug":"49ers-kyle-juszczyk-fined-nearly-15k-after-nfl-says-he-pretended-to-chug-beer-on-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904188\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers\u2019 Kyle Juszczyk fined nearly $15K after NFL says he pretended to chug beer on field"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers<\/a> fullback Kyle Juszczyk for an alleged act of \u201coffensive demonstration\u201d \u2014 when the league says he feigned chugging a brew <\/a>in the end zone to celebrate a touchdown.<\/p>\n

In the third quarter of an eventual 35-13 Niners win <\/a>over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Juszczyk caught a 6-yard scoring toss from Brock Purdy.<\/p>\n

Juszczyk embraced teammates Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel before bringing his right hand up to his mouth. Juszczyk tilted his head back, then mimed drinking a pretend liquid. <\/p>\n

That celly was deemed to be excessive and unsportsmanlike, leading to a fine of nearly $15,000, ESPN first reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour imitation of chugging a beer constituted an offensive demonstration and could reasonably be construed as being in poor taste,\u201d the NFL wrote in its fine letter, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n

Juszczyk then confirmed the report with a bemused re-post on X: \u201cCan\u2019t make this stuff up.\u201d <\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Juszczyk is in his 14th year of pro football and 10th with the Niners. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s one of team\u2019s most popular players, with 49ers faithful breaking out into chants of \u201cJuice,\u201d his nickname, every time the Harvard graduate<\/a> carries or catches the ball.<\/p>\n

The 10-time Pro Bowl fullback <\/a>has also gained fame in recent years through the rising profile of his wife, designer Kristin Juszczyk<\/a>. The football fashionista has a line with the NFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NFL fines are typically disclosed publicly on Saturdays and representatives for the league could not be immediately reached for comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n

A representative for the 49ers said fines are a league-player issue so the Niners have \u201cno involvement or awareness in that process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk for an alleged act of \u201coffensive demonstration\u201d \u2014 when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-904188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904188","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=904188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}