Pittsburgh Steelers S Damontae Kazee was fined $11,806 for unnecessary roughness against the Cincinnati Bengals in Pittsburgh’s Week 12 win. The play occurred with 2:32 left in the first quarter and was not flagged.
Kazee clearly lowers his helmet here and hits TE Irv Smith Jr. It’s the type of play the NFL has been looking to avoid all season, and there have been a number of fines for using the helmet in the way Kazee did here, and he got hit with a fine for it. He was one of just nine players fined across the league in Week 12.