After being handed his first loss of the season against the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is now taking a hit to the wallet.
NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero reported on Nov. 23 that the league fined Mahomes for a gesture in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 31-20 loss to the Bills.
“The NFL fined #Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes $14,069 for unsportsmanlike conduct (violent gesture) as he celebrated a touchdown pass last week in Buffalo,” Pelissero wrote in a post on X.
Mahomes was not the only player to face punishment from last week’s game, with two other players handed fines from the NFL.
League Cracking Down on ‘Violent Gesture’ Actions
Mahomes appeared to make a gesture of shooting a gun after throwing a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to cut Buffalo’s lead to 23-21. As The Athletic’s Mike Jones noted, the league is getting tougher on gun and other violent gestures this season — and informed players that the crackdown would be coming.
“One high-ranking league employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he didn’t want to comment on any specific incident, said players are warned every year that such gestures will result in penalties and fines,” Jones wrote. “The league shows a video to players each year instructing them on acceptable and unacceptable forms of celebration. The NFL rulebook, which is given every year to each player, also prohibits any gun-relat
ed salutes.”