NFL faces fan backlash after Ceedee Lamb, Allen Lazard, and more hit with over $100,000 in fines - "Sue the league"

CeeDee Lamb, Allen Lazard, Nico Collins, Marshon Lattimore and plenty of other players have been recently fined by the NFL. The league has the power to issue fines to its players, but in recent years, the NFLPA has shifted towards a more aggressive approach in criticizing the NFL.

Cowboys wide receiver Lamb was slapped with $25,324 fine for two separate unsportsmanlike conduct violations during Thursday Night Football game against the New York Giants. Jets Lazard was fined $14,069 for finger-gun celebration during Broncos clash. Texans WR Collins was hit with $22,511 fine for unnecessary roughness against Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson.

Week 5 has seen over $100,000 dished in fines for the players, including some for excessive celebration and illegal use of helmets. Security has been a key feature for the league, but this is another year where everybody's asking whether the NFL is going a step too far.

The league is always fighting with players over money, but it seems that NFL fans had enough of the policy. Sure, some late hits and some fights deserve a financial punishment, but the fans believe that the league is taking matters too far and have not been shy about their critics:

It's not been just regular fans. Former players such as J. J. Watt, in the past, also criticized the league's policy. From his point of view, the league should absolutely keep fining players for malicious hits and real unnecessary roughness plays, but they shouldn't discount a player's salary for a regular football play, even if they deem that sometimes a block was a little exaggerated:

Exploring NFL's high rate of fining players in recent times

In more recent years, the league has shifted some of its rules to protect quarterbacks even more, which has made the job of defensive players even harder. The NFL now places a different set of rules on how to hit - imagine thinking about this in real-time.

The league understands that, if they want to attract more money and viewership, then quarterbacks would be the star of the show. However, over-protecting them also makes the game less fun in many ways. Think about how many controversial roughing-the-passer calls there have been over the last three years.

It's easy to see why fans are upset and want to defend players from being fined - the league sometimes steps a bit too far with its rules. And it ruins some of the game's magic.