The Tampa Bay Buccaneers know just as well as any other team that the playoffs is the worst possible time to lose key players.
But should this fact mean the league’s stars get a pass for their actions on the field which go beyond the game of football?
When Bruce Arians smacked safety Andrew Adams on the helmet to discourage the player from pulling players off a pile following a muffed punt, he received a $50k fine.
It wasn’t the only post-whistle act that went down on Wild Card weekend however.
While social media was ablaze with the collapse of Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals, there was another moment that captured everyone’s attention.