{"id":668215,"date":"2026-01-11T07:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668215\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T07:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:26:14","slug":"nfl-fines-multiple-players-from-browns-vs-bengals-season-finale-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668215\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL fines multiple players from Browns vs. Bengals season finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 10, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> have moved on to the offseason, a detail no greater stressed than through the <a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/09\/duke-tobin-anticipated-bengals-address-underwhelms\/88102883007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">controversial Duke Tobin press conference<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But for just a moment, the fallout from the team\u2019s loss to the Cleveland Browns in Week 18 deserves a mention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A week after the season finale, the NFL announced that two Browns players were fined for their actions during the 20-18 Cleveland win over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bengals<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/09\/duke-tobin-anticipated-bengals-address-underwhelms\/88102883007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duke Tobin&#8217;s anticipated Bengals address underwhelms<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/inside-football-ops\/rules-enforcement\/gameday-accountability\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Per the NFL<\/a>, Browns linebacker Devin Bush received a $10,000 fine and Browns cornerback Sam Webb got fined $6,111, each for celebrations they performed while scoring defensive touchdowns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The NFL classified those celebrations in the unsportsmanlike conduct category with a description of \u201cobscene gestures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The NFL also fined Bengals defender Cedric Johnson $5,525 for a hit to the head of an opposing quarterback in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For the Browns players fined, probably not a big deal. For the Bengals, it was certainly an obscene way to close a forgettable season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/10\/bengals-free-agents-list-trey-hendrickson-joseph-ossai\/88110081007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals players slated to become free agents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 10, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ET The Cincinnati Bengals have moved on to the offseason, a detail no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[95878,86,85,54,2337,7,6,13078,95905,95882,97196,95913,97195,95896,95888,95895,95897,97194,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-668215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-browns","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-browns","12":"tag-clevelandbrowns","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","16":"tag-sstsnbengals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcedric-johnson","19":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","20":"tag-tagdevin-bush","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-negative","25":"tag-tagsam-webb","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115875282649301861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}