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NFL fines Bengals CB Vernon Hargreaves for unusual penalty during Super Bowl end zone celebration

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Bengals cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III has been fined $5,555 for coming off the bench to celebrate an interception during Cincinnati’s 23-20 loss to the Rams in Super Bowl LVI. Hargreaves, who was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct, ran off the sideline following Jessie Bates III’s interception of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford near the end of the first half. 

The penalty moved the ball from the Bengals’ 20 to their own 10-yard-line with two minutes left in the half. While Cincinnati picked up those yards on its first plays of the drive, it was ultimately forced to punt after Joe Burrow was sacked on a third-and-8 play with under a minute left until…

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