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The NFL fined Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon $100,000 for his altercation with running back Emari Demercado in their loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, the league announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Gannon will not face further discipline. 

"We have been in contact with the NFLPA and the club, which addressed the matter," the NFL said in a statement. "There is no further action from the league."

Gannon erupted on Demercado in Sunday's loss and hit him as he walked away after Demercado fumbled the ball just before crossing the goal line — which negated what should have been a touchdown and given the Cardinals a 28-6 lead. Instead, it helped spark a comeback and lead to a 22-21 win for the Titans. 

Gannon said on Monday that he apologized to both Demercado and the team over the incident.

"I woke up this morning and didn't feel great about it, honestly ... I just told them I kind of let the moment of what happened get the better of me there," he said, via Arizona Sports' Tyler Drake. "Obviously I try to be emotionally stable and calm, because my job is to solve problems during a game and try to lead the charge on that. It's not really who I am and who I want to be."

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been fined $250,000 (£186,000) by the National Football League for making an obscene gesture towards fans on Sunday.

The 82-year-old was caught on camera raising his middle figure at the crowd during the Cowboys' 37-22 win over the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.

But Jones says he intended to put his thumb up instead, and was signalling to his own supporters - not those of the Jets.

"That was unfortunate. That was kind of an exchange with our fans out in front of us," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan.

"There was a swarm of Cowboys fans out in front - not Jets fans, Cowboys fans.

"There wasn't any antagonistic issue or anything like that. I just put up the wrong show on the hand. That was inadvertently done.

"I'm not kidding. If you want to call it accidental, you can call it accidental. But it got straightened around pretty quick.

"The intention was 'thumbs up', and basically pointing at our fans because everybody was jumping up and down."

Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper was fined $300,000 (£223,000) for throwing a drink on fans during the 2023 season, while then Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams was fined $250,000 (£186,000) in 2009 for gesturing at Buffalo Bills fans.

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