NFL levies fines from Giants-Bills game
Odell Beckham of the New York Giants reaches for a pass as Stephon Gilmore of the Buffalo Bills defends during the first half at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Oct. 4, 2015 in Orchard Park, N.Y. Credit: Getty Images / Tom Szczerbowski
The NFL on Friday confirmed several fines from last week's Giants-Bills game that saw 28 penalty flags and several instances of players losing their temper.
Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes was hit the hardest by the league. He was fined $8,681 for unnecessary roughness for head-butting Ereck Flowers and another $23,152 for directing abusive language toward a game official.
The NFL also confirmed a report from earlier in the week that Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was fined $8,681 for "unnecessarily striking an opponent" when he took a swing at Bills safety Duke Williams. Beckham has said he will appeal the fine.
As for the swing a Bills player who was not in uniform took at the Giants' Cullen Jenkins after his fourth-quarter sack of Tyrod Taylor in front of the Bills' bench, the NFL said there was no fine but "the matter has been addressed with the club."
Tom Rock began covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and became its NFL columnist in 2022. He previously was Newsday's Giants beat writer beginning in 2008.
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