The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner a combined $65,673 for two fourth-quarter hits on Washington Commanders tight end Chig Okonkwo, the largest penalty on a Week 6 discipline list that landed on Saturday, October 24.
Neither hit cost the 49ers a single yard on the night. The bigger fine, $47,762 for illegal use of the helmet, came after Okonkwo caught a 2-yard pass: officials threw a flag, talked it over and picked it up, and referee Adrian Hill announced there was no foul. On a 3-yard catch later in the quarter, Warner hit Okonkwo again, and that one, which drew $17,911 as a hit on a defenseless player, was never flagged.
Tom Pelissero reported the amounts on Saturday afternoon with video of the first play.
The NFL fined 49ers LB Fred Warner $65,673 for two unnecessary roughness violations last week — including $47,762 for this hit on Commanders TE Chig Okonkwo.
Officials threw a flag on the play, but then picked it up. pic.twitter.com/Ro4ll4vtbX
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 24, 2026
Four fines and $107,466 for Warner
The two penalties are Warner’s third and fourth of the season for hits. He was fined twice after the Week 3 game against the Arizona Cardinals, for a total of $41,793, which brings his 2026 bill to $107,466. The 49ers won that Monday night game 23-17 and take a 6-0 record to Atlanta on Sunday.
Washington did not escape either. Chris Paul, a Commanders offensive lineman, drew an $11,941 fine for grabbing the facemask of 49ers linebacker Jaden Dugger, a penalty that wiped out a 31-yard touchdown run by Jeremy McNichols.
The rest of the Week 6 list
- Alex Singleton, Broncos linebacker: $23,882 for unnecessary roughness, an illegal use of the helmet on Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold after he had thrown the ball in the final minute of the Thursday night game on October 15. Singleton was not penalized on the play. Mike Klis reported that the Broncos captain will appeal.
- Mike Morris and Ty Okada, Seahawks: Morris was fined $6,808 for a helmet hit in the second quarter of the same game, and Okada was fined twice, $6,361 each, for a helmet hit and for tripping on two plays less than 40 seconds of game time apart. None of the three plays was flagged. With Singleton’s fine, that one Thursday night game produced $43,412 in fines.
- Tyler Booker, Cowboys guard: $11,941 for hitting Green Bay safety Javon Bullard from behind after a play was over, a penalty that pushed Dallas back to the Packers’ 27 after it had converted on fourth-and-5. Dallas lost the game 23-13.
- C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Bills safety: $11,194 for unnecessary roughness against the Las Vegas Raiders, on top of the one-game suspension for spitting toward Brock Bowers that was upheld on appeal. Buffalo had its bye this week, so he sits out the Week 8 game against Baltimore.
- Luke Wypler, Browns center: $6,611 for striking, kicking or kneeing in the fourth quarter of Cleveland’s 13-10 win over the Ravens.
- Alex Harkey, Chargers guard: $5,277 for a fourth-quarter late hit as the Chargers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs. Harkey is a sixth-round rookie from Oregon.
What comes next
Players can appeal any fine to a hearing officer appointed jointly by the league and the players’ union, and the league usually releases each week’s list on the following Saturday. Warner and the 49ers play at Atlanta on Sunday, October 25, Singleton’s Broncos face Arizona the same day, and Gardner-Johnson can return after the Bills meet the Ravens on Sunday, November 1.
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