{"id":417089,"date":"2026-01-18T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417089\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:22:08","slug":"nfl-issues-disciplinary-action-for-chicago-bears-player-ahead-of-playoff-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417089\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL issues disciplinary action for Chicago Bears player ahead of playoff game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/chicago-bears\/news\/nfl-issues-fine-chicago-bears-player-ahead-rams-playoff-game\/e3921c2a8a880a928ebde4c2?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL issues disciplinary action for Chicago Bears player ahead of playoff game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL issues disciplinary action for Chicago Bears player ahead of playoff game<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/inside-football-ops\/rules-enforcement\/gameday-accountability\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL announced disciplinary action;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL announced disciplinary action<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/chicago-bears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Bears;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chicago Bears<\/a> defensive end Austin Booker just hours before the Bears host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in the NFC divisional round.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Booker was fined $46,371 for unnecessary roughness and use of the helmet following an incident at the 9:40 mark of the second quarter in Chicago\u2019s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Green Bay Packers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Green Bay Packers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The play in question involved Booker spearing Packers quarterback Jordan Love while leading with his helmet, with helmet-to-helmet contact made on Love.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/news\/bears-rams-kickoff-time-channel-schedule-stream-nfl-sunday\/65ca1cb43f4cc8e457ef07d0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bears-Rams kickoff time today: TV channel, schedule, live stream to watch Sunday NFL divisional playoff game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bears-Rams kickoff time today: TV channel, schedule, live stream to watch Sunday NFL divisional playoff game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The penalty marked the largest fine issued across the league this week, underscoring the NFL\u2019s continued emphasis on reducing head injuries over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Booker retains the right to appeal the fine. He was not suspended and will be available to play Sunday against the Rams.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/chicago-bears\/news\/ryan-clark-caleb-williams-bears-rams-matthew-stafford\/80b42fed5e9eb65bb86813e1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ryan Clark: \u201cWhen do we stop doubting Caleb Williams?\u201d-Bears vs. Rams prediction;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ryan Clark: \u201cWhen do we stop doubting Caleb Williams?\u201d-Bears vs. Rams prediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the fine has drawn attention ahead of kickoff, much of the focus entering the game remains on the weather forecast, which calls for single-digit temperatures, snow, and winds exceeding 10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Cold-weather games are a rarity for Los Angeles, where winter temperatures typically hover between 60 and 70 degrees and SoFi Stadium is protected by a roof. Still, speculation has emerged that Matthew Stafford could follow Tom Brady\u2019s lead and wear a scuba suit to combat the cold.<\/p>\n<p>More Bears news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL issues disciplinary action for Chicago Bears player ahead of playoff game originally appeared on The Sporting News.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[43020,49,48,1735,1730,25579,1522,1749,3150,514,82,12486,175111],"class_list":["post-417089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-austin-booker","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-bears","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jordan-love","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tom-brady","tag-unnecessary-roughness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}