Treggs fined $25K for hit on Packers’ Randall

PHILADELPHIA » Bryce Treggs says he was fined $25,000 for an alleged hit to the head of Packer Damarious Randall in a recent Eagles preseason game in Green Bay.

He believes the fee is excessive … and he is willing to share the math.

“I’m definitely going to appeal it,” the Eagles receiver said Tuesday, after a training camp practice at the NovaCare Complex. “It is already in the process.” Why? “Twenty-five thousand dollars is a lot of money,” Treggs said. “I made the league minimum last year, $450,000. That immediately gets cut in half with taxes. Union fees are 16-grand. My agent’s fee is about 14. So of my takehome income, that’s a large sum.”

So, by Treggs’ own sideline accounting, his takehome income was $195,000. Take away the 25 large – 12.82 percent of 195,000 and he’s down to a buck-70.

“So hopefully,” he said, “that appeal process goes well.”

Treggs was aware that he was in danger of being fined, seeing as how that Eagles-Packers game happened to have been televised. Various replays seemed to show him blocking Randall in the head, a serious infraction in the newer, concussion-aware NFL.

“I was shocked,” said Treggs, who learned about the fine when a bill effectively was stashed in his locker Monday. “That game was — what? — two weeks ago. So to see that on my locker was kind of disappointing. But it is what it is. I came out here to play the next day.

“I have to get that money back somehow.”

Central to Treggs’ appeal will be that he did not target Randall’s head.

“We watched it in slow motion, and it was kind of borderline,” Treggs said. “Because I did initially hit him in his shoulder, not his head. Then his helmet came down and hit me on the top of mine. Two days after the game, Coach (Doug) Pederson came to me and said the league office had called and I would probably get a fine. But after some time went by, I thought I would be fine.”

Treggs was claimed off waivers from San Francisco last September and had played well early in training camp. He caught three passes for 80 yards in that Green Bay game, but since has been slowed by a sore calf.

“When I am healthy, I feel my camp is going very well,” Treggs said. “I am still dealing with some stuff. But by the regular season, I think I will be 100 percent ready to go. It’s about playing through it and proving myself to the coaches to make sure I am good from here.” Nick Foles, who has missed much of training camp with a mysterious arm injury that even he can’t fully explain, did not practice Tuesday.

“It was just precautionary,” Pederson said. “We were just giving him another rest. It’s nothing serious, nothing major. We just want him to keep resting that thing. He got a lot of throws in these last couple days, so we just wanted to take a little off him today.” Linebacker Jordan Hicks and defensive end Brandon Graham, both of whom left practice early Monday, did not practice Tuesday.

Hicks has a quad issue, while Graham has injured his arm, according to Pederson. Both are “day to day,” the coach said. As practice ended Tuesday, training camp was essentially over. The Birds and Miami Dolphins will hold a closed-door, walkthrough practice Wednesday, then play Thursday in a Linc exhibition game.

When next the Eagles practice, it will not be in front of invited guests, and only a short period will be visible to the press.

“It’s been cool, really cool,” Wentz said, as camp closed. “The atmosphere was great. It was great to see the fans and the kids at practice, to have a chance to sign for them after practice.”

As they gained a 2018 fifth-round pick and lost one in the seventh round in an exchange with Seattle Monday, the Eagles also surrendered veteran offensive lineman Matt Tobin.

Pederson: “First of all, in regards to Matt, he’s a class act, number one. I’m just going to go out and say that: He’s a class act. Everything he did for us last year and the year before, we are very appreciative of that. They came knocking on our door. We’ve been blessed here this offseason, this training camp, to have linemen. And he now gets an opportunity to play.”

Despite losing Tobin, the training camp effort of Halapoulivaati Vaitai and Dillon Gordon left Pederson comfortable.

“I say that because of what ‘V’ (Vaitai) did for us last year, stepping in when Lane Johnson was not with us,” the Birds’ coach said. “Obviously, I am comfortable with Jason Peters and Lane as our starters and Big V as the swing tackle that can go left or right. And then after that, Dillon and Taylor Hart are working and competing, and Victor Salako is in that group. These next couple weeks will be important for these younger guys to see where they’re at and really solidify a role on this team.”