Eagles’ Jalen Carter fined for spitting on Dak Prescott but avoids further punishment | Philadelphia Eagles
Jalen Carter was sentenced to a fine of $ 57,222 by the NFL, but avoided another suspension after spitting on the quarter of the Cowboys Dak Prescott a few seconds after the opening of the League season on Thursday evening.
The defensive tackle of the pro bowl was ejected from the 24-20 victory of Philadelphia on Dallas before playing a snapshot. He should be on the field when the Eagles face the Chiefs of Kansas City in a revenge match of the Super Bowl on Sunday. The Eagles could impose their own discipline such as Benching Carter for the first series of the Chiefs’ Game.
The NFL calls Carter’s discipline a suspension of a match with time served because it has not played against the cowboys. It is a distinction that establishes a precedent that spits on an opponent will cause a suspension of a match.
Carter does not take his penalty.
“I will keep everything I do with him private, it doesn’t matter if you see him on Sunday or not,” said Eagles coach Nick Sirianni on Monday about his best defensive player. “Everything, each conversation, whether it is a personal conversation, a disciplinary thing, all these things will always be managed in private. I just think it’s the way to do team business and when you do things with a football team.”
Carter apologized for being disqualified in the game. The players were sentenced to a fine for spitting opponents in the past, but no one was suspended for having done so.
Carter’s offense occurred for a few moments after the banner of the Franchise Super Bowl was raised. He approached Prescott after the quarter-Arrière intensified in the group, stood between two of his lines and spitting on the ground towards Carter, which was several meters. The two players exchanged words before Carter spit on the Prescott jersey and fell back. Prescott quickly signaled to a neighboring official, who threw the flag.
“It was a mistake that happened on my side. It will not happen again,” said Carter after the match. “I feel bad for my teammates and fans there. I do it for them. I do it for my family, too. But fans, they showed the most love.”
Prescott denied that he was trying to spit in Carter. His saliva landed near Carter, which raised his anger.
“I would not spit someone. I certainly do not try to spit you. We are about to play a game,” said Prescott.
Carter previously demonstrated a model of bad discipline. He was penalized three times for unnecessary roughness last season and was also put on the bench to start a match in a disciplinary decision by Sirianni. One of Carter’s sanctions in a match against Pittsburgh last December led Sirianni to have a lively conversation with the defensive line Corner Clint Hurtt, who stood in front of the player when the coach approached him. Carter was also sentenced to a fine of $ 17,445 for an open blow at the head of the Washington commanding center, Tyler Biadasz, during the NFC championship match.
The Eagles were unable to write Carter in 2023 with the ninth choice in the general classification, because several teams exceeded it because of its role in a fatal car accident at the university who killed a teammate, an offensive line Divers Devin Willock and a recruitment staff of Georgia, Chandler Lecroy.
Carter received a year of probation and was sentenced to a fine of $ 1,000 after pleading without competition for imprudent driving and race.
