Last week’s win over the Tennessee Titans didn’t come without a cost to two Pittsburgh Steelers players.
Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and running back James Conner were each fined $5,000 for wearing their socks too low, the former revealed on Instagram story on Tuesday. Specifically, the NFL told them “your stockings failed to cover your lower leg.”
At least that’s less than the $10,000 that Frank Gore lost back in 2013 for the same “violation.”
Here’s a photo of the offense in action:
Those socks apparently violated the “stockings” portion of the NFL rulebook’s equipment section, which imposes the following restrictions:
Stockings must cover the entire area from the shoe to the bottom of the pants, and must meet the pants below the knee.