San Diego right guard D.J. Fluker says he plans to appeal the $9,115 fine levied by the NFL for unnecessary roughness in last Sunday’s 43-35 win over Tennessee.
But even if he doesn’t win, Fluker has no regrets about the play that drew him the penalty.
Fluker was flagged when launching himself into a pile of Titans defenders who had stacked up Chargers running back Melvin Gordon on the Tennessee 4-yard line after a 10-yard gain. An animated Fluker argued with the game officials afterward to no avail.
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“If I’ve got 10 guys on my running back, I’m not going to sit there and let him take all those hits,” Fuker told co-host Gil Brandt and Sporting News' Alex Marvez on Friday night on SiriusXM NFL Radio.