ALAMEDA — Johnathan Abram awoke to the news following season-ending shoulder surgery he would be fined $28,075 for unnecessary roughness stemming from a hit in the Raiders’ Week 1 win over the Denver Broncos.
The NFL confirmed the fine Saturday, originally reported by the NFL Network, which said Abram plans to appeal.
Abram received one penalty during the game, a 14-yard foul for lowering the head to initiate contact against running back Royce Freeman in the third quarter. It was the same play in which Abram also hit teammate Gareon Conley in the head with his thigh, with Conley leaving the field on a stretcher with a neck injury.