Upshaw Fines for the hit on Big Ben

[Random Thoughts]

I am not sure if this has been posted yet, if so... Please merge..

http://http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Reports-Courtney-Upshaw-Fined-16K-For-Hit-On-Ben-Roethlisberger/5ec86e87-7de3-482d-9a63-2152dbb73c29

[wickedsolo]

Total bs. A 16k fine? Has he been docked for this before?

[RavensQB]

Total and utter BS

[JohnBKistler]

At this point, any "violent" hit that is close to illegal is liable to get flagged.

And yet, I still don't know how the hit of Flacco going out of bounds in the Bengal game did not draw any flags or penalties. Half the referring crew would be on their way to see Dr. Andrews had that been Brady or Manning.

[AlbionHero]

10 years ago, that would have been lauded in the film room by the coaches and shown as a perfect example of how to tackle. Now you get a fine for it. SMH

[lowrider]

Worth every penny of it. Easy for me to say, it's not my money. but it was an awesome hit. lol

[CincyCat]

10 years ago, that would have been lauded in the film room by the coaches and shown as a perfect example of how to tackle. Now you get a fine for it. SMH

It looked really good from here.

[wickedsolo]

He should appeal.

[Haloti92]

He should appeal.

Might get it reduced, but I don't see it being completely overturned. The league seems to be dead serious about trying to reduce the physical nature of the game.

[The Excellector]

The Sword does not approve.

[lobachevsky]

It looked really good from here.

Cost Upshaw about $16K more than Burfict the Purrfict was docked for trying to hit Flacco's spine by way of his sternum, amirite, CC?

[stevez51]

Plus the fact Flacco looked to be out of bounds ......