HOUSTON – Texans All-Pro corner Derek Stingley Jr. paid a price for his facemask penalty Monday night.

He was fined $11,593 for the infraction, knocking off the helmet of Seattle Seahawks star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

The facemask set off an altercation on the Texans’ bench area with Smith-Njigba shoved by linebacker Christian Harris. Only Stingley was fined, though, and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wasn’t fined for his unnecessary roughness penalty during which he tackled Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold out of bounds and put his weight on him as he drove him into the ground. Al-Shaair took issue with the penalty, saying the whistle never blew before the tackle and he couldn’t see where he was in relation to the sideline.

Smith-Njigba, who caught eight passes for 123 yards and

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