The NFL handed Chicago Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards a $16,883 fine Saturday for his hip-drop tackle that injured Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon last weekend. The takedown wasn’t penalized by referees during the Week 2 game—much to Mixon’s dismay—but league officials reviewed tape of the incident afterward and decided it warranted a punishment.

Edwards was one of four NFL players to be fined for Week 2 hip-drop tackles Saturday. C.J. Mosley of the New York Jets, Desjuan Johnson of the Los Angeles Rams and Nick Bolton of the Kansas City Chiefs were the other players fined under the new hip-drop tackle ban. Edwards, Mosley and Bolton received the highest fines to date for the violation ($16,883).

The incident with Edwards and Mixon was particularly contentious, as it led to a serious ankle injury for the running back.

As with nearly all punishments for on-field conduct, Edwards’ fate was determined by Jon Runyan, the league’s compliance officer for player accountability. Edwards is allowed to appeal the decision.

According to the league, hip-drop tackles occur when a defender “grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms,” and “unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.” The NFL has said they are 20 times more likely to result in injury compared to other tackles.

After last Sunday’s game, Mixon voiced his displeasure at referees for not throwing a flag on Edwards. “The NFL and NFLPA made it a rule and an emphasis for a reason,” Mixon wrote on social media. “Time to put your money where your mouth is.”

Mixon’s ankle injury will prevent him from playing in Week 3 against the Minnesota Vikings.

The 2024 NFL fine guidelines suggested a first-time offense penalty for Edwards of $16,883. However, the NFL holds the right to alter fine amounts based on the severity of the conduct; while Edwards, Mosley and Bolton were all fined the typical first-offense amount, Johnson was docked only $5,191.

During the preseason, NFL executive vice president Jeff Miller said he expected referees would miss hip-drop tackles given the specificity of the violation and its newness in the rulebook.

But Miller said the league would vigilantly monitor game tape after the fact in search of them “in an effort to try to remove [them from NFL games] through warnings, educations, maybe fines at the end of the day.”

If Edwards appeals the fine, the case will go to one of four NFL appeals officers—Derrick Brooks, Ramon Foster, Kevin Mawae and Jordy Nelson—who are assigned cases at random and review plays independently. Their decision would be final.