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Report: Jimmy Garoppolo Fined $7K For Throwing Ball Into Stands At End of Week 17 Win

Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers were idle last week during the NFL's Wild-Card weekend, a reward for their regular-season performance. But one of Garoppolo's final acts of the season reportedly turned out to be costly.

Garoppolo threw a football into the stands after running the clock out in San Francisco's 26-21 victory over the Seahawks to win the division and clinch home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. But according to NBC Sports' Matt Maiocco, the NFL fined the 49ers' QB $7,017 for the action.

The league views the act of throwing a football into the stands as a safety issue.