Overview
- The league fined Patriots receiver Mack Hollins $11,941 for taunting and $22,500 for unnecessary roughness on the same Week 3 play for a combined total of $34,441.
- On Sept. 27 Hollins caught a 9-yard pass at Jacksonville’s 7-yard line, celebrated with a ‘too small’ gesture that drew a 15-yard dead-ball taunting flag, and the penalty pushed New England back and turned fourth-and-1 into fourth-and-16.
- Only the taunting flag was called during the game; the NFL later reviewed the play and assessed the separate helmet-use fine for lowering his head into Jaguars safety Eric Murray.
- Hollins finished the game as New England’s leading receiver with six catches for 87 yards and has a history of league fines, including a 2025 unnecessary-roughness fine that was later rescinded on appeal.
- The fines arrived the same week Hollins was honored by the NFL Players Association for community work, a contrast that highlights how postgame league reviews can carry discipline independent of in-game calls and public recognition.