Broncos safety Justin Simmons will appeal a $56,156 fine for his penalty against Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in Week 15.
Simmons was penalized for unnecessary roughness, the officials deciding he hit a defenseless Kelce following an incompletion.
“I think it’s fair to say that fine was a little ridiculous,” Simmons said on Tuesday. “If you watch my game to begin with, I pick and choose when I’m able to get a calculated hit and not get a penalty.”
The pass deflected off Kelce’s hands an instant before Simmons, leading with his right shoulder, made contact with Kelce. But Simmons’ also made helmet-to-helmet contract, which likely produced the hefty fine.
“If you look at the play itself, there’s no violent nature to it,” Simmons said. “The ball hit his hands. I’m actually kind of confused with what I was supposed to do. I know if any part of your body hits their head, that’s the unnecessary roughness aspect to it. But I led with my shoulder and hit his shoulder and tried to separate the football.”
By appealing, Simmons can state his case there was no intent on the play and leading with the shoulder can still cause helmet-to-helmet contact.
“I’m not going to be rude, but I am going to genuinely ask, ‘What am I supposed to do?’” he said. “He had already touched the ball. He’s not defenseless at that point.”
Simmons was previously fined $26,739 in August 2018 (unnecessary roughness in preseason game vs. Minnesota) and $53,482 in November 2018 (helmet to helmet hit against the Chargers).
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