Two Eagles are lighter in the pocket after the NFL released its fines for Week 4 game infractions Saturday afternoon.
Second-year cornerback Cooper DeJean was hit with an $11,593 fine for taunting Tampa Bay running back Rachaad White in the first quarter of the Eagles’ 31-25 win over the Buccaneers and second-year edge rusher Jalyx Hunt was hit with two different fines for unnecessary roughness that added up to $13,688.
The second of those two fines came on a play that the NFL believes should have been penalized but was not. Instead, the play led to a turnover by Tampa Bay that resulted in the Eagles’ only points of the second half.
Hunt was fined $6,834 for a hip-drop tackle on Bucs running back Bucky Irving midway through the third quarter. He also jarred the football loose on the play and it was recovered by cornerback Kelee Ringo at the Tampa Bay 25-yard line. No flag was thrown and six plays later Saquon Barkley scored from six yards out on a fake tush-push play.
DeJean was flagged for taunting after he made a textbook tackle on White that should have created a third-and-seven situation. Instead, the Bucs got a first down when DeJean was penalized for stepping over the running back.
“I was (shocked) a little bit,” DeJean told NJ Advance Media. “I still am.”
Hunt was also fined $6,834 for a blindside block during a DeJean interception return that was later reversed as not being an interception after replay review. That play came immediately after the DeJean taunting penalty. Hunt also received a 15-yard penalty on that play, which moved the ball from the Philadelphia 44-yard line to 29.
The two penalties against DeJean and Hunt accounted for 30 of the 49 net yards Tampa Bay gained on that series, which ended with a 42-yard field goal by Chase McLaughlin.
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