Saturday, October 29, 2016

And here we go with another week of big hits and little fines for them...

Starting with one so bad that Sports Illustrated's Greg Bedard was left scratching his head as to why he wasn't suspended...

From FOX Sports and former NFL head of officiating Mike Periera, on a crackback block defenseless hit with the shot to the head:

... who spends the entire video saying that, since it was a "football act", no ejection, no suspension.

Not to mention it would be an ejection in every other professional sport and college and high school football...

So...
  • Miami Dolphins:  Jarvis Landry:  $24,309 for that hit.
Small price to pay to put somebody in the hospital, right Jarvis?  Hell, he might have ended Aaron Williams' career with that hit!

Also last week:
  • Green Bay Packers:  Clay Matthews:  $18,231 for breaking Brian Hoyer's arm.
  • New York Giants:  Owa Odighizuwa:  $12,154 for an illegal pick-six touchdown celebration.  He "took a picture" of his teammates.
That's it.  We know where this is going!  Next year, it WILL BE 15 to do anything but hand the ball to the ref and go back to the sideline.
  • Buffalo Bills:  He's BACK!!!  Richie Incognito:  $9,115 for his role in a scuffle and throwing a helmet -- and proud of every penny he spent of it.
  • Miami Dolphins:  Andre Branch:  $12,154 for putting Incognito on his ass just beforehand.
  • Detroit Lions:  Anquan Boldin:  $6,076 for providing an illegal souvenir.  (Football into stands)
  • Jacksonville Jaguars:  Malik Jackson:  $24,309 for being ejected under the unsportsmanlike conduct rule.  Jackson, last year with the Broncos, was one of a number of players fined for a Super Bowl scuffle that led to the first-ever Super Bowl ejection.
That's all I can find for the moment.  The Giants, however, pass the first threshold for accumulated fines, and if the system is the same as it has been, can send another $50,000 across town to the league offices any time now.

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