HOUSTON – Texans veteran middle linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was fined roughly $11,000 by the NFL for punching Chicago Bears running back Roschon Johnson. Al-Shaair told KPRC 2 he plans to accept the fine and isn’t going to appeal.

This is what you wanna see on your Sunday nights! It was a slow start to the “Sunday Night Football” matchup between the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears, but things ratcheted up in the second half with an intense exchange between Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair and

Al-Shaair tumbled onto the Bears’ sideline in the third quarter after delivering a big — and potentially late — hit on rookie quarterback Caleb Williams as he ran out of bounds. The bigger offense occurred, though, when Al-Shaiir stood up in a swarm of worked-up Bears players and immediately threw a punch at Johnson, a bystander in the situation.