NFL doesn’t fine Jennings for scuffles, ejection in 49ers finale

Wide receiver Jauan Jennings was ejected from the 49ers' Week 18 game before he could reach the 1,000-yard receiving mark on the season. Jennings was called for back-to-back penalties for unnecessary roughness which led to his disqualification midway through the first half of Sunday's season finale against the Arizona Cardinals. However, when it came time for the NFL to dole out fines, Jennings was found innocent of any wrongdoing. Instead, the two Arizona Cardinals with whom Jennings tangled were fined for the altercations, the NFL announced on Saturday. "I know Jauan blocks through the whistle on every single play," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said following the 49ers' 47-24 loss to the Cardinals. "I know you usually get ejected for throwing a punch. I didn't see one, and he didn't tell me that he threw a punch. So that is something we're going to have to find out." The answer came from the NFL with fines for Arizona defensive backs Starling Thomas and Sean Murphy-Bunting in the amounts of $5,083 and $11,817. The league determined Thomas and Murphy-Bunting were the instigators in the plays in which the game officials called offsetting penalties against them and Jennings for...