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Zach Charbonnet heavily fined for uncalled (and rarely called) roughness penalty

The Seattle Seahawks lost their first game of the season on Monday, and second-year running back Zach Charbonnet just got his first fine of his career.

In the NFL’s weekly fines report, Charbonnet was docked $45,020 for illegally lowering his helmet to initiate contact on Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph. This was on the first play of the second half of Seattle’s 42-29 defeat at Ford Field. Seattle used a two-back set with Kenneth Walker carrying the ball, and Charbonnet serving as a blocker.

The Charbonnet "lowering the helmet" penalty from both All-22 angles, at 0.