Overview
- On Wednesday the NFL withdrew the $14,926 fine for 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk and the $13,611 fine for Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson after appeals officers accepted their explanations for end‑zone gestures.
- The league originally fined Juszczyk for what it described as an “imitation of chugging a beer” after a Week 2 touchdown and fined Ferguson for an apparent “shotgunning a beer” celebration during the same week.
- Both players successfully used context to win appeals: Juszczyk argued he was miming drinking from a juice box tied to his nickname “Juice,” and Ferguson documented a longstanding Gatorade routine from team practice footage.
- Those reversals followed a wider Week 2 enforcement push that produced dozens of unsportsmanlike‑conduct fines and prompted player and union complaints about notice and consistency in celebration policing.
- The rulings leave broader questions about the NFL’s celebration rules, the Gameday Accountability Team’s initial calls, and perceived sponsorship hypocrisy with prominent beer partners, while other appeals from Week 2 remain pending.