{"id":1541941,"date":"2022-12-10T15:52:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1541941"},"modified":"2022-12-10T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:52:45","slug":"saints-fire-back-nfl-550k-fakegate-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/saints-fire-back-nfl-550k-fakegate-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Fire Back at NFL After $550K ‘Fakegate' Fines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After “Spygate,” “Deflategate,” and “Bountygate<\/a>,” welcome to the latest NFL “-gate” scandal, “Fakegate.” A decade after “Bountrygate,” the New Orleans Saints<\/a> are joining the New England Patriots with their second controversy. This time, it is about defensive players faking injuries to slow down the opposing offense at the end of games. The Saints player accused of [and assessed a fine for] doing this is Cameron Jordan in the team's Week 13 game vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And like any good “-gate” scandal, of course, Tom Brady is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saints deny Cameron Jordan was faking an injury in Week 13<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cameron Jordan | Kevin Sabitus\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When an NFL offense is rolling, going fast to catch the defense off guard and keep tired players on the field is the norm. As this is happening, there is often little a defense can do to stop the snowball from rolling downhill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only option to get a breather on defense in these situations is for a player to go down with an “injury” to stop the flow of play. Is it good sportsmanship to do this? No. Is it illegal in the game? Not technically. Does it happen somewhat regularly on a given NFL weekend? Absolutely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The league office is trying to cut down on this practice and is now fining players who they deem to be injury fakers after the fact. They announced this to teams in a league-wide memo sent out on Friday, December 2, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five teams have received fines for faking injuries this season. In Week 13, the Saints and Cameron Jordan were on that list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Tom Brady and the Buccaneers<\/a> gained seven yards on a 3rd-and-17 in the fourth quarter, the QB hustled the team up to the line to go for it on 4th-and-10. Caught off guard, Jordan looked toward the Saints' sideline and then dropped to the ground with an apparent leg injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A “source” told Florio “that other camera angles reveal Jordan receiving direction from the sideline to go down.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results were $50,000 fines for Jordan and defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen, a $100,000 fine for Saints head coach Dennis Allen, and a $350,000 fine for the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saints deny Cameron Jordan for ‘fakegate'<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A statement from the New Orleans Saintshttps:\/\/t.co\/KhNOp1xt5l<\/a><\/p>— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) December 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>