Texans’ Derek Stingley Jr, Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba (AP , Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)
HOUSTON – Texans All-Pro corner Derek Stingley Jr. paid a price for his facemask penalty Monday night.
He was fined $11,593 for the infraction, knocking off the helmet of Seattle Seahawks star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
The facemask set off an altercation on the Texans’ bench area with Smith-Njigba shoved by linebacker Christian Harris. Only Stingley was fined, though, and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wasn’t fined for his unnecessary roughness penalty during which he tackled Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold out of bounds and put his weight on him as he drove him into the ground. Al-Shaair took issue with the penalty, saying the whistle never blew before the tackle and he couldn’t see where he was in relation to the sideline.
Smith-Njigba, who caught eight passes for 123 yards and a touchdown, was fined $14,491 for using a prop for a celebration as he dunked the football over the crossbar after catching an 11-yard scoring pass in coverage against Stingley.
Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com
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Aaron Wilson is an award-winning Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and www.click2houston.com. He has covered the NFL since 1997, including previous stints for The Houston Chronicle and The Baltimore Sun. This marks his 10th year covering the Texans after previously covering a Super Bowl winning team in Baltimore.
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