The NFL has fined Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II $11,255 for unnecessary roughness against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 11.
Surtain was flagged late in the third quarter for inadvertently grabbing Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts' facemask on a tackle. The penalty was actually offset due to an illegal formation on Atlanta. The Falcons ended up punting on the drive, and the Broncos routed them to a 38-6 final score.
Surtain obviously didn't mean to grab Pitts' facemask, but fair or unfair, the NFL is cracking down hard on any contact with a player's head or face. Fortunately for Surtain, he just received a four-year, $96 million contract extension from Denver back in September.
Sutain won't dwell on this fine for long, if at all. He and the Broncos have bigger things to worry about, like staying in the AFC playoff picture. Denver currently holds the No. 7 and final wildcard spot, but the Indianapolis Colts are hot on it's heels, just one game back.
The Broncos need to take care of business this week against the Las Vegas Raiders - as well as next week against the Cleveland Browns - before a huge Week 14 showdown against the Colts. Denver is hot, winners of four of it's last five games, and were an eyelash away from beating the Kansas City Chiefs two weeks ago.
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