Dallas Cowboys Fined for Taunting at San Francisco 49ers

The Dallas Cowboys hit rock bottom, or at least they hope they did, during Sunday's embarrassing loss to the San Francisco 49ers in primetime.

Facing the team that knocked them out of the playoffs the last two years, the Cowboys were blown out 42-10, and even the final score doesn't tell the full story. From pretty much every conceivable metric, the 49ers were absolutely dominant. After such a humbling experience, Dallas now just has to move on and use it as a learning experience.

As the Cowboys look to move on, they got one last reminder of the game with the NFL's latest round of fines on Saturday, which hit three players for Dallas and two for San Francisco.

Safety Donovan Wilson was the Cowboy hit the hardest, as he received two separate fines. The first one, totaling $10,927, came from a face mask penalty on 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey on the first play of the game. The second one, totaling $16,391, came from a helmet-to-helmet hit in the second quarter, also on McCaffrey.

The other two Cowboys to receive fines were also on the defensive side of the ball, those being safety Jayron Kearse and linebacker Leighton Vander Esch. Kearse received a fine of $10,927 for a taunting penalty, which came on the same play as Wilson's helmet-to-helmet hit. Vander Esch, who left the game with an injury and has since been placed on injured reserve, was fined $18,219 for unnecessary roughness, which occurred early in the third quarter.

The most notable 49er to receive a fine was tight end George Kittle, whose fine of $13,659 for wearing a "(Bleep) Dallas" T-shirt was announced Friday. Aside from Kittle, the only other 49er to receive a fine was guard Aaron Banks, who hit Cowboys defensive lineman Johnathan Hankins in the helmet after a McCaffrey touchdown. For the unnecessary roughness penalty, Banks was fined $10,440.

The Cowboys return to action on Monday night against the Los Angeles Chargers, hoping to bounce back and avoid any further fines.