{"id":907070,"date":"2026-09-27T06:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907070\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T06:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:13:08","slug":"nfl-fines-tyrique-stevenson-22342-for-hit-that-knocked-off-aaron-joness-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907070\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL fines Tyrique Stevenson $22,342 for hit that knocked off Aaron Jones&#8217;s helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the fourth quarter of Sunday\u2019s Vikings-Bears game in Chicago, a wicked hit sent Minnesota running back Aaron Jones\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFLMemes\/status\/2101770638385963459?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">helmet flying<\/a>. Jones remained in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The player who delivered the hit has been fined.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL imposed a $22,342 sanction on Bears defensive back Tyrique Stevenson for impermissible use of the helmet. The rulebook prohibits a player from lowering his head and making forcible contact with his helmet against an opponent.<\/p>\n<p>The infraction was not flagged; it rarely is. Typically, the situation is addressed with the imposition of a fine.<\/p>\n<p>Impermissible use of the helmet is not one of the five violations that will result in an automatic suspension if there are three violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the fourth quarter of Sunday\u2019s Vikings-Bears game in Chicago, a wicked hit sent Minnesota running back Aaron&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-907070","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\/907070","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=907070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}