Pittsburgh Steelers TE Connor Heyward was fined $5,049 for unnecessary roughness on a punt in the team’s Week 18 regular season finale against the Baltimore Ravens.
As the NFL has done throughout the season, they’ve made their fine list publicly available and updated every Saturday at 4 PM/EST. Heyward was the lone Steeler to be fined to close out the regular season. The penalty occurred early in the first quarter after Heyward cracked this Ravens’ return man on Calvin Austin III’s punt return.
There was no penalty on the play.
Besides the hit to his wallet, Heyward played a key role in Pittsburgh’s 17-10 victory.