The NFL has weighed in on the skirmish in Monday evening’s Chicago Bears sport that broke nickel again Kyler Gordon’s face masks. Neither Gordon nor Minnesota Vikings huge receiver Brandon Powell was fined for the incident, with the league administering fines for under 9 performs in Week 12.
In a weird sequence Monday, Gordon, after blocking Powell throughout a Jaylon Johnson interception return, was penalized 15 yards for what referee Alex Kemp initially introduced as “unsportsmanlike conduct on No. 6 for taking his helmet off.” Kemp then clarified the penalty towards Gordon as a taunting infraction.
Gordon tried to plead his case after the penalty was administered, holding up his helmet with the face masks partially indifferent. Replays confirmed Gordon’s preliminary block on Powell carried the 2 gamers into the Vikings bench, the place a brief tussle continued.
“I drove my dude into the benches and we just kind of got into it,” Gordon stated. “Obviously it’s not cool getting driven back. He didn’t want to fall backwards so he pulled down on my face mask. It is what it is. Just football stuff.”
Gordon was stunned to be taught he was flagged for taunting.
“I mean, it’s hard to taunt when someone is pulling your face mask down,” he stated.
Gordon was penalized twice in Monday’s sport; he additionally dedicated a 26-yard go interference foul towards Vikings tight finish T.J. Hockenson late within the first half.
But the second-year cornerback additionally made two of the larger defensive performs within the Bears’ 12-10 victory, stopping Hockenson a yard in need of the road to achieve on fourth-and-7 early within the third quarter and intercepting a tipped Joshua Dobbs go for the final of 4 Bears takeaways.
Gordon was mic’d up by the Bears for the sport, so his skirmish with Powell was absolutely documented.
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