KUSA—Aqib Talib is going to see his playoff share check reduced by $31,831.
Which is OK because he didn't lose $531,250 for serving a one-game suspension.
The NFL fined Talib $17,363 for his facemask penalty on Carolina receiver Corey "Philly" Brown near the goal line in the Broncos' 24-10 win in Super Bowl 50.
Talib was also fined $8,681 for taunting Brown in a separate incident and $5,787 for an equipment violation (he did not wear knee pads with the end of his pant leg above the knee).
In the Broncos' victorious locker room, Talib was philosophical about certainty of his payroll share check, which was otherwise $173,000 gross, getting docked.
"Yeah, yeah, but hopefully from the Super Bowl, hopefully me and myself (he rubs his smiling face) we made a couple million," Talib said.
It had been suggested Talib's admission to purposely grabbing Brown's facemask might have been worthy of a suspension, but the league's discipline announcement only mentioned fines, not a suspension. Talib will be paid $8.5 million in salary next year, or $500,000 per game. He also gets a 46-man game-day roster bonus of $31,250 per game.
Broncos' defensive end Malik Jackson was also fined $8,861 for his unnecessary roughness penalty in the Super Bowl.
