I understand St. Louis Rams fans holding a grudge, this guy directly cost that team at least a couple of games. But most people jumping to conclusions haven’t followed Incognito since then. You can lauigh at the Dolphins all you want, but he hasn’t been part of the problem since he signed there in 2010.

For my money, the best lineman (offense and defense) are those that push being dirty right up to the line of being flagged, and stop right there. Incognito has learned where to draw that line so he doesn’t hurt his own team.

lmao Pro wrestling arm stomp… That’s probably the best way I’ve heard it described. Kudos, Florio.

Notwithstanding the screams of the legions of banshees that allege to be football fans, Antonio Smith’s smear on the character and good sportsmanship of Incognito is typical of the real dirty players trying to deflect their crimes when caught red handed.

In addition to his fine, Antonio should be suspended four games for smear and defamation of character.

He should be suspended for the year without pay.

Wait… what team does Richie play for again?

I still don’t condone the act of kicking him in the head, but something triggered him to do that. And the fact that Incognito didn’t release him after being kicked really seems like he was doing something wrong.

Also he missed 2 days of practice this week due to a “sore ankle”. You be the judge.

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Yes. His RIGHT ankle. <— The one he was kicking Cog's neck and head with. Instant karma baby.

Cog was clearly laying on Smith's (boy I bet I can use this guy reputation of receiving a lot of unsportsmanlike penalties three years ago – to avoid getting fined) LEFT leg.

Judge that.

Vilma gets suspended for a year for absolutely nothing on film, and no evidence, yet an obvious attempt to injure a player only gets fined $21,000?

And Goodell is fair and has NO personal agenda at all huh?

Smith should know it’s always the retaliator that gets nabbed.

Everybody agrees that the video clearly shows Antonio Smith kicking Incognito, hence the fine.

However, Smith says Incognito was twisting his ankle in order to break it, in which case he was defending himself by kicking Incognito away.

However, while Incognito admits he was holding onto Smith’s foot to prevent him from recovering the fumble, he argues the shaking/twisting motion you see in the video is NOT him “trying to break Smith’s ankle” – it Incognito holding onto Smith as Smith shook his leg trying break free from Incognito’s grasp.

The takeaway lesson for me is that the referees apparently didn’t see Incognito holding onto the ankle (which is a penalty even if he’s not twisting it), and the referees didn’t see Smith kicking Incognito (which could have been flagged as well)…so great job, refs…

Ball hits the ground, everyone yells, “fumble,” Incognito stops his man from recovering it.

Smith got lucky Incognito has a history of being dirty and went on the offensive to say he was protecting himself. Missing practice for an, “ankle injury,” helps avoid the suspension he probably should have gotten.

Score one for Smith and the Texans. Actually, score two because they dominated my Fins.