Lamarcus Joyner Fined for Hit on Teddy Bridgewater: Latest Details, Reaction

The NFL fined St. Louis Rams cornerback Lamarcus Joyner $23,152 for his hit on quarterback Teddy Bridgewater during the Rams' 21-18 overtime defeat to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 9, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert explained the reasoning for the specific fine:     

Bridgewater suffered a concussion after being hit in the head while sliding to the turf. Officials flagged Joyner for a personal foul on the play. The tackle became a bone of contention between Rams coach Jeff Fisher and Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer.

"I didn't have much to say to him," said Zimmer in his postgame press conference of his interaction with Fisher following Minnesota's win, per ESPN.com's Ben Goessling. "If we were out in the street, we probably would've had a fight."

"I think a good a lesson to be learned from this is control your emotions immediately after the game and go back and look at the tape before you jump to conclusions," Fisher responded the following day, per Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio.

He also argued Joyner didn't intentionally knock Bridgewater out of the game.

"Lamarcus made a decision to go hit the quarterback prior to Teddy initiating the slide," Fisher said. "That’s what happens. Had Lamarcus not made helmet contact with him, there would have not been a foul. It was penalized on the field. What more can you ask for?"

Former head coaches Brian Billick and Steve Mariucci offered their takes on NFL Network:

Seifert wrote Monday the most likely outcome for Joyner was a fine. The NFL had the option to suspend Joyner if it deemed the hit a serious enough offense, but the corner didn't have a reputation or history of committing similar fouls, thus decreasing that possibility.

According to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Bridgewater hasn't yet passed the full battery of concussion protocols necessary to play Sunday against the Oakland Raiders, but he is expected to do so in the coming days.