By A to Z Sports,Kole Noble
Copyright yardbarker
NFL has been more strict on enforcing taunting in 2025
Most might look at Horn’s action and not see anything wrong with it, and I’d tend to agree with that feeling. Yet, the league feels differently and has been making more of an effort to crack down and enforce more acts of taunting this season.Between Week 1 and Week 2, eight different players have been fined for taunting, including Horn. Horn was one of three players to be fined for taunting in Week 2, one of the other victims was actually former Panther and current New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns.
The potential taunting violations the league is starting to enforce include “offenses against game officials, player safety rules or flagrant personal fouls, fighting, sportsmanship, uniform rules, and gang signing.”
The $11,593 fine isn’t much for Horn, who recently signed a 4-year, $100 million extension earlier this offseason, but it’s still something players would ideally like to avoid. A second offense fine for taunting increases to $17,389. But, the money coming out of the player’s pocket is at least going to a good cause to help support former NFL players.
All money collected from fines are donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation and the NFL Foundation. If Horn wishes, he is able to appeal the fine. Appeal cases are randomly assigned to be heard by the league’s current appeals officers, Derrick Brooks, Ramon Foster or Jordy Nelson.
