NEW YORK -- Marshawn Lynch's return to the NFL came with a price. The Oakland Raiders running back was fined $12,154 by the league for flipping the middle finger on both hands last Sunday in the fourth quarter of the team's 26-16 victory at Tennessee. Lynch, who was retired last season, ran for 76 yards on 18 carries and caught a 16-yard pass. Three Pittsburgh players -- linebacker Ryan Shazier, cornerback William Gay and safety J.J. Wilcox -- were each fined $24,309 for unnecessary roughness against Cleveland. New Orleans safety Kenny Vaccaro and linebacker Alex Anzalone were also docked $24,309 for hits to the head, as was the Los Angeles Chargers' Melvin Ingram. Fined $9,115 on Friday were: San Francisco's Jaquiski Tartt, the New York Jets' Darron Lee, Detroit's Jarrad Davis and Green Bay's Martellus Bennett -- all for unnecessary roughness -- and Minnesota's Linval Joseph (facemask). --- For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL
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