Broncos see two players fined for dice-roll celebration

Take sponsorship money from gambling companies? That’s fine and dandy for teams and the league by the NFL’s standard, evidenced by the blizzard of gambling advertisements that now plague its games.

But mimic a dice roll to celebrate a touchdown? As two starting Broncos learned, that will get you fined.

Broncos wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and right guard Quinn Meinerz found this out when they received notification from the NFL that they would each face a five-figure fine for their celebration of Waddle’s two-point conversion catch in the third quarter of last Sunday’s 30-26 win over the Los Angeles Rams.

Meinerz and Waddle were each docked $14,926 by the league for unsportsmanlike conduct for “illegal celebrations and vulgar acts.”

Apparently, simulating a dice roll qualifies. Meinerz told KUSA-Ch. 9 that he and Waddle were “playing Yahtzee.”

Meinerz added that he would appeal the fine.

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)
• Week 3: RG Quinn Meinerz and WR Jaylen Waddle, $14,926 each (unsportsmanlike conduct)

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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