{"id":708543,"date":"2026-01-27T09:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708543\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:07:19","slug":"texans-rb-woody-marks-slapped-with-fine-for-hit-in-loss-to-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708543\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans RB Woody Marks slapped with fine for hit in loss to Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 26, 2026, 12:22 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Woody Marks<\/a> is handing some funds back to the NFL&#8217;s front office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to the<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\"> NFL&#8217;s Gameday Accountability\u00a0<\/a>page, Marks was one of five players around the league issued a fine during the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Houston Texans&#8217;<\/a> 28-16 loss to the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New England Patriots<\/a> last week. He was one of five players slapped with a fine of $6,061 due to unnecessary roughness and use of the helmet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The incident occurred when the rookie running back smacked Patriots defensive back Craig Woodson with just under nine minutes to go on a secod quarter. Pro Bowl quarterback C.J. Stroud had just thrown his third interception of the first half and Woodson tried to keep the ball in play while making a run toward the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Marks laid down the hit, but he led with his helmet rather than his shoulder pad. Since it&#8217;s illegal to hit a player with the crown of the helmet, Marks was given a fine, though no foul was called by officials on the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Marks, a fourth-round pick out of USC, finished the game with 17 yards on 14 carries. The week prior versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, he totaled 112 yards and scored the nail-in-the-coffin touchdown in the fourth quarter en route to a 30-6 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This season, Marks posted 703 rushing yards and two touchdowns. As a receiving threat, Marks finished with 24 catches for 208 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 26, 2026, 12:22 p.m. CT Woody Marks is handing some funds back to the NFL&#8217;s front office.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[95878,7,221,253,2368,6,96520,96521,95882,97087,96676,95953,96682,95896,95888,96683,96685,95895,96681,96686,96680,96687,96684,95899,96177,95883,222,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-708543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-texans","12":"tag-houstontexans","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sstssportsnfltexans","15":"tag-sstsntexans","16":"tag-tagamerican-football","17":"tag-tagbreaking-news-social","18":"tag-tagc-j-stroud","19":"tag-taghouston-texans","20":"tag-tagmadden-nfl","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-draft","24":"tag-tagnfl-films","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagnfl-junkies","27":"tag-tagnfl-mvp","28":"tag-tagnfl-overreactions","29":"tag-tagnfl-playoffs","30":"tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","31":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","32":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","33":"tag-tagsports-news","34":"tag-texans","35":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708543","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=708543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}