Broncos LB Singleton fined for second-consecutive week

For Broncos inside linebacker Alex Singleton in the 2026 season, it’s two weeks, two unnecessary-roughness penalties — and two fines.

Singleton received a $17,911 fine for a hit on Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Brenton Strange that saw him lower his helmet and have helmet-to-helmet contact with Strange.

The play resulted in a half-the-distance penalty in the game, setting the Jaguars up in first-and-goal at the Broncos 3-yard line. The Broncos got the stop and forced Jacksonville to settle for the field goal.

Singleton expected a fine, observing that Jaguars coaches “like to complain about people hitting people,” but he thought the fine might be rescinded.

The veteran of five previous Broncos seasons was fined in Week 1 for a late hit on Kansas City running back Emmett Johnson. He was fined once last year.

If Singleton is fined once more for unnecessary roughness this season — and either of his first two fines in 2026 aren’t rescinded — he will face a one-game suspension, per an edict agreed upon by the league and NFL Players Association in August. That calls for one-game suspensions for players who have three violations of the NFL’s health-and-safety protocols in a single campaign.

BRONCOS FINES FOR ON-FIELD INFRACTIONS, 2024-26:

2026:

• Week 1: LB Alex Singleton, $11,941 (unnecessary roughness)
• Week 2: LB Alex Singleton, $17,911 (unnecessary roughness)

2025:

• Week 7: LB Dre Greenlaw, $282,778 game check and one-game suspension (verbal abuse toward officials)
• Week 7: CB Riley Moss, $8,253 (face mask)
• Week 7: LB Justin Strnad, $15,486 (physical contact with an official)
• Week 13: Edge rusher Nik Bonitto, $11,593 (unsportsmanlike conduct)
• Week 15: S Talanoa Hufanga, $11,593 (unsportsmanlike conduct)
• Week 16: S P.J. Locke, $11,593 (late hit)
• Week 16: DL Malcolm Roach, $17,389 (roughing the passer)
• Week 16: LB Alex Singleton, $23,186 (impermissible use of the helmet)

2024:

• Week 1: Edge rusher Nik Bonitto, $8,791 (roughing the passer)
• Week 1: S Brandon Jones,  $11,255 (excessive face mask)
• Week 2: S P.J. Locke, $13,972 (removing helmet on the field)
• Week 2: S P.J. Locke, $13,972 (hit to defenseless player)
• Week 2: C Luke Wattenberg, $5,872 (blindside block)
• Week 5: FB Michael Burton, $7,653 (blindside block)
• Week 7: DL Malcolm Roach, $14,069 (obscene gesture)
• Week 7: CB Levi Wallace, $7,181 (hip drop tackle)
• Week 9: S Devon Key, $4,417 (excessive face mask)
• Week 11: CB Pat Surtain II, $11,255 (face mask)
• Week 13: Edge rusher Jonathon Cooper, $12,668 (roughing the passer)
• Week 15: Edge rusher Nik Bonitto, $8,791 (obscene gesture)
• Week 15: S Brandon Jones, $11,255 (late hit)
• Week 15: S Brandon Jones, $16,883 (hip-drop tackle)
• Week 16: Edge rusher Jonathon Cooper, $12,668 (horse-collar tackle)
• Week 16: DL Malcolm roach, $11,255 (taunting)
• Week 16: RB Blake Watson, $4,463 (impermissible use of the helmet)
• Week 17: S P.J. Locke, $13,972 (impermissible use of the helmet)
• Wild card round: LB Justin Strnad, $7,250 (hip-drop tackle)
• Wild-card round: RB Javonte Wiliams, $45,020 (impermissible use of the helmet)

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