NFL fines Steelers, Mike Tomlin for inaccurate Ben Roethlisberger injury report

Arthur Weinstein

NFL fines Steelers, Mike Tomlin for inaccurate Ben Roethlisberger injury report image

The NFL has fined Steelers and coach Mike Tomlin a total of $100,000 for not accurately listing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on an injury report earlier this season.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review confirmed that the Steelers have been fined $75,000 and Tomlin was fined $25,000 for violating the NFL's Injury Report Policy.

Roethlisberger was a non-participant in a practice on Sept. 11 prior to the Week 2 game against the Seahawks. The club listed his absence as "not injury related."

He was a full participant in practice the following Thursday and Friday.

However, Roethlisberger did not play after halftime of the game against the Seahawks and later underwent season-ending surgery on his elbow.

In the days after the game, some Steelers noted that the quarterback said his elbow had been bothering him in the season opener.

The NFL policy mandates that players with an injury be listed on the weekly injury report.

 

 

Arthur Weinstein