Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu, the 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, was fined $10,000 Friday by the league for talking on a cell phone while in the bench area in Sunday’s win over Jacksonville.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Polamalu was calling his wife to assure her he wasn’t seriously injured. He sustained what the team called a “very mild” concussion and was removed from the game as a precaution.
Polamalu kept his helmet on except for a brief phone conversation with his wife. Possession of cell phones in the bench area during a game is prohibited beginning 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game. Tomlin said it was a team doctor’s phone that Polamalu used.
Other unusual fines:
•Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk was fined $10,000 by the NFL for an obscene gesture during last week’s win over St. Louis. Hawk gestured to the Packers’ sideline after making a play and was caught by television cameras.
•Green Bay teammates Clay Matthews, a linebacker, and Tramon Williams, a cornerback, were fined $5,000 each for wearing nonconforming shoes with their throwback uniforms against the Rams.
•Among the fines for on-the-field actions, San Francisco linebacker Aldon Smith. a former Missouri standout, was fined $15,000 for roughing the passer with a helmet-to-helmet hit on Detroit’s Matthew Stafford.
Other NFL news
•INJURED AND OUT: Attention, fantasy football players: Several starting offensive players have been ruled out of Sunday’s games. Among them are Bucs running back LaGarette Blount (left knee), Texans receiver Andre Johnson (right hamstring), Lions running back Jahvid Best (concussion) and Falcons receiver Julio Jones (left hamstring).•BRADFORDMISSES PRACTICE: Rams quarterbackSam Bradford missed practice again Friday, raising the possibility that A.J. Feeley will start at quarterback Sunday when the St. Louis Rams play in Dallas. Bradford has a high sprain in his left ankle and has been wearing a protective boot all week.
•SEAHAWKS’ JACKSON DOUBTFUL: Charlie Whitehurst is expected to get the start at quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Tarvaris Jackson is doubtful after suffering a high grade strain of his right pectoral in the Seahawks’ 36-25 win over the New York Giants two weeks ago. He was unable to practice during the team’s bye week and has been limited in practice this week.
•SAINTS CENTER QUITS: Center Olin Kreutz has told the New Orleans Saints that his playing days are over, informing the team that he has lost his passion for football. Kreutz, 34, was unavailable for comment.
•A FREEBIE STADIUM: A bipartisan group of Minnesota state lawmakers opposed to taxpayer subsidies for a new Vikings stadium proposed Friday to simply give the team the Metrodome. The Vikings aren’t interested. The team wants a new, $1.1 billion stadium.
•INJURED AND OUT: Attention, fantasy football players: Several starting offensive players have been ruled out of Sunday’s games. Among them are Bucs running back LaGarette Blount (left knee), Texans receiver Andre Johnson (right hamstring), Lions running back Jahvid Best (concussion) and Falcons receiver Julio Jones (left hamstring).•BRADFORDMISSES PRACTICE: Rams quarterbackSam Bradford missed practice again Friday, raising the possibility that A.J. Feeley will start at quarterback Sunday when the St. Louis Rams play in Dallas. Bradford has a high sprain in his left ankle and has been wearing a protective boot all week.
•SEAHAWKS’ JACKSON DOUBTFUL: Charlie Whitehurst is expected to get the start at quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Tarvaris Jackson is doubtful after suffering a high grade strain of his right pectoral in the Seahawks’ 36-25 win over the New York Giants two weeks ago. He was unable to practice during the team’s bye week and has been limited in practice this week.
•SAINTS CENTER QUITS: Center Olin Kreutz has told the New Orleans Saints that his playing days are over, informing the team that he has lost his passion for football. Kreutz, 34, was unavailable for comment.
•A FREEBIE STADIUM: A bipartisan group of Minnesota state lawmakers opposed to taxpayer subsidies for a new Vikings stadium proposed Friday to simply give the team the Metrodome. The Vikings aren’t interested. The team wants a new, $1.1 billion stadium.
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