In a league where player safety fines are handed out weekly, sometimes the most telling punishments are the ones that never arrive. During the Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-10 loss to Houston last week, there were plenty of calls that fans didn’t like. But one incident slipped past all the noise. Texans safety Jalen Pitre’s hit on Rashee Rice didn’t have the consequences many expected.

Every Saturday, the NFL releases its list of fines and punishments, and most people around the league assumed that the hit would show up. It didn’t. The league took no action.

Late in the third quarter, with under a minute to play, Rice was coming across the middle trying to secure a pass when Pitre closed fast and delivered a heavy shot. Rice was knocked backward and down hard. For a moment, he went limp after h

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