On the NFL regular season schedule, Saturdays are accountability days for the league. After reviewing every play from the previous week’s games, the league hands out fines to players who violated league rules in the name of player safety.
Through the first two weeks of the 2023 season, the Detroit Lions had escaped fines, but in Week 3, two defenders received three separate fines for plays deemed “unnecessary” by the league. All fines are able to be appealed and overseen by former NFL players Derrick Brooks or James Thrash.
Once fines are collected, the funds are “donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety, and wellness of athletes across all levels, including youth football and the communities that support the game,” per the NFL.