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ADRIAN WILSON IN DANGER OF SUSPENSION?

Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said today that safety Adrian Wilson did nothing wrong when he sacked Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck Sunday -- even though Hasselbeck and some members of the media have suggested that Wilson should be fined or even suspended for a helmet-to-helmet hit. “I read where Matt Hasselbeck thought there should be some fines involved,” Whisenhunt said. “But I’ve looked at it from the coach’s tape, looked at it from my broadcast department, which has an excellent view of it, and with all due respect to Matt -- he’s a good quarterback and I have a lot of respect for him -- but I don’t see it.” Whisenhunt added that Hasselbeck, who was on the field for the first time in more than a month, might have forgotten what a good, hard, clean hit feels like. “I know he hasn’t played in a while, hasn’t been hit in a while, so maybe that was a little bit magnified to him, the speed of the game, he just wasn’t used to it,” Whisenhunt said of Hasselbeck. Wilson told the Arizona Republic after the game that he will “probably” face league discipline for the hit, and if that’s the case, the discipline could be significant, because Wilson isn’t a first-time offender. He has already paid a $25,000 fine for a hit on Bills quarterback Trent Edwards and was warned that another offense could cost him $50,000 and a one-game suspension. But Wilson said that hit on Hasselbeck, which wasn’t flagged, was legal. “I don’t think it was a helmet-to-helmet hit,” Wilson said. “Once again, they didn’t throw the flag.” After the game, Hasselbeck made clear that he disagreed, saying, “It makes me feel good that there will be some fines coming out in the next couple days.”