Comments on: Urlacher fined for horse-collar on Peterson

By: larryboodry

larryboodry — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:20:16 +0000

Not sure on this one…Borderline horse-collar at best, it appears he only got the jersey, not the pads.

By: bg0lden

bg0lden — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:43:46 +0000

What is the incentive to play defense now? Offensive players never get fined for leading with their helmets when running with the ball. They just get fined for tossing the ball gently at players that tried to tackle them (Jay Cutler taunting). Seriously, the liberal fining of defensive players’ pay for every questionable hit or tackle makes one wonder if fewer youth players will opt for defensive positions.

By: suns11111

suns11111 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:39:21 +0000

When I think of horse tackle – I think of Roy Williams of the Cowboys…….that was not even close. Thats from a Viks fan…..

By: comeonnowguys

comeonnowguys — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:36:18 +0000

What about Cutler getting fined $10,000 for that little ball flip?

Wasn’t the guy who clearly cheap-shotted him into a concussion only fined $30,000?

s.m.h.

By: djp519

djp519 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:16:29 +0000

The definition of a horse-collar tackle is to pull the runner down by the inside of his shoulder pads. It appeared that Urlacher only had the inside of the jersey, not the pads. You could see that by the way the jersey pulled away from his body. Not only that, he only had a hold on the jersey briefly, and did not violently take the runner to the ground using it. I thought the penalty was questionable, and the fine is even more questionable. He’s got reasonable ground to get it reversed on appeal, although it’s pocket change to a guy with his salary.

By: michiganhockey11

michiganhockey11 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:24:32 +0000

Yeah, I think Urlacher isn’t going to get much knocked off this fine.

Still mind-boggling why Allen got fined less for a hit causing season ending injury (and let’s face it-intentional) compared to a guy being pulled down, face toward the ground and foot clips a qb in the junk. Not like Schaub stepped back to get away from the rolling bus either.

Then again, the league fined Suh for shoving a qb to the ground with his hands (arms outstretched), but said he used a forearm shiver….

By: purpleguy

purpleguy — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:04:55 +0000

I suppose I should feel the need to muster up outrage at the “dirty” hits/tackles by Urlacher and Briggs, much like Bears fans have with Allen, rather than smirk at the irony of the situation, but its tackle football for cripes sake.

By: wludford

wludford — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:22:26 +0000

He’s appealing? That was the definition of a horse-collar.

By: burnz1379

burnz1379 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:54:56 +0000

wow.. I’m a vikings fan and even I didn’t think that was a horse collar takle… he was holding on to the jersey, not inside of the pads

By: peavey2

peavey2 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:48:23 +0000

He definitely got his hand inside of AD’s jersey collar, but it really didn’t look intentional, more incidental. If the league treats it the same as a facemask however, the fine should stand. But Urlacher really didn’t look he was aggressively trying to make the tackle with the collar.

By: cometkazie

cometkazie — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:44:44 +0000

These fines are really detracting from the game.

The NFL suits seem to be trying to outdo each other.

By: crazycane

crazycane — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:58:01 +0000

The NFL has these fines soooo screwed up. My GOD is Fidel Goodell running this league terribly.

There’s was “nothing” wrong with Suh’s hit but they fine him 30 g’s? Yet Allen knocks a guy out on a crack bat hit that is illegal in todays NFL and he only gets fined 21 g’s. I guess as long as we watch, they won’t do anything.