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The NFL stripped the Raiders of a 2021
sixth-round draft pick and fined them $500,000, while coach Jon
Gruden was fined $150,000 after the league placed the team under
its "intensive protocol" measures following offensive tackle
Trent Brown's positive test ahead of a game against the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers.
"The fines are draconian," Davis told ESPN. "But we will appeal
them. Outside the organization, people have the wrong impression
about the Raiders. We take it seriously.
"It's unfortunate that certain things outside the protocol are
the things being focused on, rather than the positive steps
we've taken as an organization."
Gruden had previously been fined $100,000 and the team $250,000
after the coach failed to follow "proper face-covering protocol"
in their Sept. 21 win over the New Orleans Saints.
Several Raiders players were fined for attending an indoor
charity event in September, and the NFL penalized the team for
allowing an unauthorized visitor in the locker room after the
Saints game.
Gruden refused to be drawn into a debate on the penalties but
insisted the Raiders had done an excellent job in combating the
spread of the new coronavirus.
"I'm just going to say I'm very proud of our organization, how
we've handled this entire protocol and this entire process and
I'm not going to comment any further than that," he said.
(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by William
Mallard)
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