Not much to report yet about the Patriots-Chiefs game mostly because it's on Monday night so the injury reports don't get released until Saturday (it's Friday for Sunday games).
Still, there was one nugget of information to come out today: the NFL fined Rob Gronkowski $7500 for unsportsmanlike conduct vs. the Jets last Sunday. That is undoubtedly chump change for Rob although it might cut down on his personalized jerseys that he can carry around for girls and porn stars that he randomly meets (sorry Bibi!).
After he caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady in the third quarter, Gronk spiked it near a helpless New York defender, thus drawing a 15-yard penalty that was enforced on the ensuing kickoff.
Earlier this week when he was asked about it, Gronkowski said the penalty wouldn't defer him from his trademark celebration. To that I say good for him; NFL commissioner Roger Goddell is worrying way too much about stupid stuff like this that basically saps all the creativity out of the game.
Fining players for celebrations and what color cleats they wear seems like something you would find in a Communist or heavily censored culture. The NFL is the gold standard of American sports and as such, they can relax a little more and loosen their collars a bit. Otherwise, sooner or later we'll just have robots playing football and who the hell wants that?
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