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Finnegan fined for facemasking Frank

A facemasking penalty on Sunday was costly for Tennessee Titans defensive back Cortland Finnegan.

Finnegan was fined $5,000 by the NFL for tackling San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore by his facemask in the Titans-49ers game Sunday.

Finnegan was flagged for a personal foul for bringing Gore down by his facemask after Gore picked up 35 yards on a pass from Alex Smith. The combination of the long gain and the extra 15 yards set the 49ers up for a field goal that gave them a 3-0 lead.

The Titans won the game, 34-27.

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10 Responses to “Finnegan fined for facemasking Frank”
  1. Toss2Moss says: Nov 14, 2009 12:44 PM

    Micheal Nobody likes a showoff. You get to sit in the back of the Buss today next to titless tim and brandon bearkback

  2. Igottz5onit says: Nov 14, 2009 12:45 PM

    Bring back the rating system

  3. AbeFreshly says: Nov 14, 2009 12:48 PM

    Adroit, adept alliteration adaptation.

  4. aj says: Nov 14, 2009 12:56 PM

    CF is the master of cheap tactics. This one must have been obvious. Usually he gets away with his little hot dog act.

  5. FumbleNuts says: Nov 14, 2009 1:03 PM

    Poor ol’ Cortland Finnegan… begin again.

  6. Occam says: Nov 14, 2009 1:04 PM

    Could we please have the headlines in iambic pentameter?

  7. SFrancis1680 says: Nov 14, 2009 1:19 PM

    lets see, tackling gore by the face mask is a 5k fine, ochocinco pulling out a dollar bill to BRIBE the ref during a replay challenge is a 20k fine, SO MUCH FOR THE NFL AND THEIR CONCERN FOR PLAYERS SAFETY

  8. The Notorious V.I.C. says: Nov 14, 2009 2:42 PM

    Cortland Finnegan is a dirty player, straight up. (I know, I know, he’s just aggressive. Whatever. Hines Ward is aggressive. Finnegan is plain dirty.)
    He’s also vastly overrated. Wasn’t he on several peoples’ AllPro Team last year? Ridiculous.
    He IS NOT a first-team All NFL cornerback, not even remotely close.

  9. tenakeytyrant9 says: Nov 14, 2009 4:05 PM

    for the record it wasnt a facemask it was for grabbing the inside of gores helmet, underneath the ear hole….and yall are just haters, sissies wish yall had him on your team

  10. this class sucks says: Nov 17, 2009 5:26 AM

    @tt9
    I don’t want him on my team but that’s mosly due to age lol and thank you for correcting everyone, it was for reaching inside the back of the helmet, which I never knew was foul. The more you know…

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