Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers will be fined one game check of about $400,000 by the NFL for his gun incident at Hopkins.
Browns' Shaun Rogerswill be fined but not suspended for a gun charge, a report says.CLEVELAND -- Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers will be fined one game check by the NFL for carrying a gun in his handbag at airport security, an NFL spokesman said.
That's about $400,000, or 1/17th of his $6.9 million base salary for 2010.
Rogers is appealing the decision. The fine falls under the league's Personal Conduct Policy. He will not be suspended.
Rogers, who was placed in a diversion program and ordered to take a gun course and do community service, said before confirming the fine. "It is what it is.''
Fellow defensive lineman Robaire Smith, who was also caught with a gun at airport security in Michigan, said he hasn't heard anything yet about a possible fine or suspension.
"They're two different cases,'' said Smith. "I'd like to think mine will have a good outcome, but I don't know anything yet.''
Rogers, who said he never spoke with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell about the incident, is still not practicing with the team because of a leg injury and it's uncertain if he'll be ready for the opener Sept. 12 in Tampa.
The gun incident took place on April 1 at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.