The New York Giants were hit with two Week 1 fines on September 14. NorthJersey.com beat reporter Art Stapleton relayed both on X.
“Giants rookie LB Darius Muasau was fined $4,696 for unnecessary roughness with a hip-drop tackle that injured [Minnesota] Vikings WR Jordan Addison last week,” Stapleton said. “Giants CB Adoree’ Jackson was fined $9,804 for unnecessary roughness in the same game.”
That’s over $14,000 in forfeitures for Giants players after the loss, at exactly $14,500 combined.
The Athletic’s Dan Duggan added that Jackson’s fine may have been for a hip-drop tackle as well, although the NFL didn’t elaborate on the veteran cornerback’s infringement.
Adoree’ Jackson was fined $9,804 for “unnecessary roughness” on this tackle. He wasn’t penalized in the game. Have to assume this was deemed a hip drop tackle.
The league cracked down on hip-drop tackles ahead of the 2024 campaign. Here is how the committee defined this penalty.
“If the defender ‘grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee,” the rule reads.
The in-game penalty for a hip-drop tackle would be 15 yards and an automatic first down if flagged by an official.
Giants Elevate LBs Ty Summers & Tomon Fox From Practice Squad for Week 2 vs. Commanders
Not long after the fines were revealed, KPRC 2 NFL insider Aaron Wilson reported the Giants practice squad elevations for Week 2 versus the Washington Commanders.
They were inside linebacker Ty Summers and outside linebacker Tomon Fox.
This is already the second practice squad elevation for the former, while Fox is being promoted for the first time in 2024. The Giants can elevate Summers one more time before they have to sign him to the 53-man roster in order to utilize him.
“Ty Summers is a lock to get elevated,” Duggan predicted accurately earlier in the day. “Core special teamer and adds LB depth with Darius Muasau out.”
The beat reporter also guessed that “[linebacker] Curtis Bolton could get elevated for the same reason,” along with kicker Jude McAtamney as Graham Gano works through a groin issue. In the end, it’ll be Fox that gets the call for Big Blue on September 15.
