NFL star learns punishment after slapping Travis | NFL News

The NFL has imposed a superb on defensive lineman Teair Tart for hanging Travis Kelce during the Los Angeles Chargers’ victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. In week one, the Chiefs endured a painful defeat to their AFC West adversaries. Whilst the Kansas City assault faltered with Xavier Worthy’s injury, the Chargers relied on the good Justin Herbert to declare a 27-21 triumph on the second day of the NFL marketing campaign.

One major speaking level from the match was the confrontation between Kelce and Tart. The Chargers defensive participant appeared to hit the tight end’s helmet, which triggered fury online. After a Chiefs attacking play, Kelce and Tart turned concerned in a pushing altercation. It ended with Tart slapping the now-engaged tight end on the entrance of the helmet with an open palm.

Tart prevented ejection from the match in contrast to Philadelphia Eagles defensive deal with Jalen Carter, who was dismissed after merely six seconds in the season-opener against the Dallas Cowboys.

According to former referee Terry McAulay, this was because Tart initiated ‘open-hand contact’ slightly than a closed fist. However, Tart has now obtained his full punishment.

The NFL has chosen to hand down a $12,172 (£8.978) superb to the 28-year-old. This represents the usual quantity for a first-offence hanging violation.

All penalties for on-field misconduct are usually revealed on Saturday afternoon following the earlier weekend’s matches. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid challenged the choice to superb slightly than eject Tart.

He said: “I don’t understand that rule. I guess it’s open-hand, fist, whatever, I don’t know. I don’t know what their decision was on that. But he definitely got hit in the head pretty hard, whether it was an open fist or a closed fist.”

The league usually refrains from ejecting gamers from matches, even following Carter’s incident with Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.

For some, including Taylor Swift’s military of supporters, Tart escaped calmly. Following the match, Kelce and Swift supporters bombarded the lineman’s social media accounts with abuse.

One person questioned whether or not American soccer was the suitable sport for the participant, while another boasted that Tart would never match Kelce’s on-field prowess.

Tart even fanned the flames with a social media post. He shared three pictures of himself on the pitch alongside a clip of a man getting slapped, captioning the post: “I’m too swift with it even from Brazil.”

Meanwhile, Kelce accepted duty for his half in Worthy’s injury. The 35-year-old shouldered the blame for the collision that left his teammate writhing on the turf in agony.

“I owe my guy big time, man, X knows it. I felt like s***, I could barely even f****** the rest of that first half, man. But we girded up once I found out that he was in better spirits than I imagined,” Kelce confessed on his podcast.

“I’ll take the most accountability myself. I wasn’t ready for that first drive, I ran into one of my guys and offed him out of the game. I literally took one of my players out.

“That’s one of the most irritating elements and it is laborious to get your juices back going realizing you just harm a man. I’m supposed to be working my route at depth for Worthy, so it is irritating for me.”

The Chargers, that includes Tart, are set to face the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on Monday 15 September.