Trueblood Will have To Forgo That Ivory Backscratcher

Jeremy Trueblood was fined $15,000 by the league for bumping into an officlal during the Cardinals game. The fine seems in-line with the $30,000 fine Ronde Barber got for accidentally punching an official a couple years ago. But the Times covers an angle I hadn't considered.

The Bucs were upset after the game, accusing the Cardinals of instigation by swatting at the ball prior to the snap.

I hadn't covered the "false start" penalty because it didn't really affect the outcome of the game, but looking back at it (yes, I keep them on DVR,) it does seem dirty. Mike Pereira didn't discuss it in his segment on NFL Network and I haven't read anything on the league looking into it, so I guess it's not going to come up. At first I thought Trueblood just lost his cool because he was sticking up for Davin Joseph, but maybe he was frustrated because the Cardinals were cheating and apparently getting away with it. I really like this guy.