The Philadelphia Eagles had to play their Week 1 game against the Dallas Cowboys without Jalen Carter, but thankfully they’ll have him back to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 2. The NFL announced their punishment for Carter spitting on Dak Prescott by issuing a $57,222 fine (equivalent to one game check for him) for the incident. The league reportedly factored Carter missing the entirety of the Cowboys matchup into their decision with them determining he already served a one game suspension.

Carter made a dumb mistake, but the heft of the incident has been a bit overblown. The Eagles defensive tackle made a mistake, he owned up to it, said it won’t happen again, and not for nothing, Prescott played a role instigating the situation.

Carter being on the field is incredibly important fo

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