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The National Football League announces fines each week on Saturdays for the previous week’s action.<\/p>\n
The Saints announced fines on Saturday for Week 10 and the New Orleans Saints were represented by safety Justin Reid. He was the lone Saint who landed a fine after the Carolina Panthers game. The NFL announced that Reid is being\u00a0fined $17,389 for a blow\u00a0to the head\/neck of Panthers quarterback Bryce Young.<\/p>\n
The play occurred on the Panthers’ opening drive last weekend. It appeared as though Demario Davis was going to have an interception, but the play was called back due to Reid’s hit on Young, as shared by\u00a0The Athletic’s Joe Person.<\/p>\n
“Saints S Justin Reid fined $17,389 for his hit to Bryce Young’s head\/neck last week, which drew a flag that negated Demario Davis’ INT on the Panthers’ opening drive,” Person said.<\/p>\n
The play can be seen below.<\/p>\n
Big INT by Demario Davis NEGATED by a Penalty\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/l31OcU9spZ<\/p>\n
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Reid was the lone member of the Saints who was fined during the Panthers game. This week, the Saints are off with their bye week. New Orleans will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 23rd against the Atlanta Falcons.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, the Saints were fortunate to come out with their second win of the season against one of their biggest rivals. New Orleans now is 2-8 on the season, while the Panthers are 5-5.<\/p>\n
Reid came over to the Saints this past offseason after spending the last three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was a part of two Super Bowl-winning teams as a member of the Chiefs. Before that, he spent four seasons with the Houston Texans. The Saints had questions at safety, but fortunately, Reid was a solution. He has started all 10 games for New Orleans so far this season. The local boy has quickly become a key member of the Saints’ defense, but he is without $17,389 after the hit on Young.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Chargers made a last minute NFL trade deadline deal with the New Orleans Saints earlier this month. In a risky, but hopeful move, they acquired a former first-round selection from the black and gold to try to help protect Justin Herbert. So far, he’s not helping fix the issue.<\/p>\n
The former Saint offensive lineman headed to the AFC at the trade deadline in exchange for a 2027 sixth-round pick. The Chargers desperately needed offensive line help due to injuries, but that addition of Penning may be doing more harm than good so far. He got his first start with the Chargers in Week 11, at left tackle.<\/p>\n
Penning has not played much left tackle since 2023, so this was a bit of a baptism by fire by the Chargers coaching staff. They had seen the struggles of other players at that spot and had to give the newly-acquired former first-round pick a chance. Now, it will be intriguing to see what Penning’s role is going forward. The Saints look a bit smart by simply getting anything in exchange for him at the deadline at this point.<\/p>\n
Trading for Fortner wasn’t directly related to the Penning deal, but it did open up the door a bit more. New Orleans acquired Fortner in the Khalen Saunders trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this year. With Erik McCoy now out for the season due to injury, Fortner has stepped in at center and impressed plenty of people so far.<\/p>\n
When it comes to pass blocking, Fortner is ranked third at center in the entire NFL by Pro Football Focus (82.7 PFF grade). His 76.7 overall grade ranks 8th in the league. His play has been rather spotless up to this point for Kellen Moore’s team, and that gave them confidence to move on from Penning at the deadline.<\/p>\n
Only time will tell if Fortner vies for a starting role past this season, but he has started his Saints tenure by leaving quite the impression. With that, it has made fans a lot more comfortable about the future of the OL for New Orleans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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