With a historic level of fines issued for teams and NFL coaches over mask protocols this week, the league has now set a precedent and delivered a message for the remainder of the 2020 season: Coaches will either wear their protective face coverings properly, or they’ll pay dearly. And that goes more than double for the franchises that employ them.
The league levied $1.75 million in collective fines through Tuesday, dropping the hammer on five coaches — who were fined $100,000 each — and also hitting each of their franchises with a $250,000 fine.
The offending bunch: Both coaches from the Monday night tilt, the Las Vegas Raiders’ Jon Gruden and the New Orleans Saints’ Sean Payton, and Sunday’s offenders, the Seattle Seahawks’ Pete Carroll, the Denver Broncos’ Vic Fangio and the San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan.