Father-son talk: Runyan gets fine letter from dad

Fathers sometimes person nary prime but to subject their children -- but seldom successful the mode that unfolded this play successful the NFL.

Packers defender Jon Runyan Jr. received a missive from his begetter Jon Runyan, the NFL's vice president of shot operations, who notified his lad that helium has been fined $5,215 for limb whipping an hostile during the archetypal 4th of Green Bay's nonaccomplishment past Sunday to the Giants successful London.

In the letter, the elder Runyan besides warned his lad that "further offenses volition effect successful an escalation of disciplinary action, up to and including suspension."

It was a challenging week for Runyan, who besides fined Tom Brady -- his erstwhile assemblage teammate and roommate astatine Michigan -- $11,139 for kicking Falcons antiaircraft lineman Grady Jarrett.

In the missive that Runyan sent to his son, helium signed it, "Sincerely Jon Runyan" -- not father, dada oregon immoderate acquainted household moniker.

It is believed to beryllium 1 of the archetypal -- if not the archetypal -- lawsuit successful NFL past successful which a begetter has ordered a squad to instrumentality wealth retired of his ain son's paycheck. The younger Runyan plans to entreaty the fine.

But the inferior Runyan besides volition person the accidental to marque it back, and past some. Runyan has played 297 snaps this play and helium is yet to let a backmost pressure.