Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker TJ Watt was fined by the NFL after he admitted to using his cell phone during halftime against Baltimore to find out if he was awarded a sack that would've tied the NFL record.
Reminder that this play, an obvious strip sack, was not counted as a sack by the ravens stat team and prevented TJ Watt from breaking the single season record. pic.twitter.com/CUIp2hxF3S
— CJ (@CJsWrld_) January 10, 2022
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Watt of course was not awarded a sack for this play.
Watt said on Pardon My Take this week that he was kidding about using the phone, but the comments reached the NFL, which has a rule barring players from using their phones in the 90 minutes before a game and during a game.
“I jokingly said that I checked my phone at halftime of the Baltimore game, and the NFL took it as a real saying and fined me $10,000,” Watt said. “It’s just one of those things where I’m allowed to have my phone on me at all 90 minutes before the game, or during halftime.”
Watt can appeal the fine, but it's likely the league will stick by their fine.
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