Quincy Butler fined $7,500 for horse collar tackle

So just to recap, a horse collar tackle on Percy Harvin will cost you $2,500 more than a cheap shot after the play that takes out a DT for the season. The logic of the NFL is tough to understand by the normal human mind...

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This is a

disgrace to the league IMHO. I do agree with the fine on Quincy, however the fine on the MN player for the cheap arse shot on Gary was total farse, one the league should be embarrassed about.

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi

by VTramsFan on Oct 16, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ridiculous...

What a joke…as if Quincy/Gary Gibson aren’t having a rough enough year. They’re just protecting Vikings players. The fine they gave Favre earlier was for added publicity. It was your typical token star fine. This is sad. Gibson was playing really well along with Ryan (who is having a really good year IMO). But poor little Percy gets an HC and it’s more expensive than Gary’s season. What a joke.

by LARamsFan29 on Oct 16, 2009 4:27 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

But hey

When Ray Lewis headhunts Ochocinco, it’s 25k. What is this scale?

Your uncle molests collies.

by 3k on Oct 16, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lewis'

was 2 infractions.

The league deemed that Lewis “unnecessarily kicked the opponent” and later “unnecessarily struck a defenseless receiver.”

Probably 10k for kicking and 15k for hitting a defenseless reciever. I argue that the recievers can defend themselves if they choose to, they just prefer to catch the ball.

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Oct 16, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't see the play

It appears to be at the end of a 27-yard return, though. Did Butler actually take him down hard? Was Harvin already slowed up by anyone else?

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Oct 16, 2009 5:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It wasn't hard

but it was definitely a horse collar. And nobody had slowed him up. A fair flag, and a fair fine, IMO, just not in light of the treatment of Hicks.

Your uncle molests collies.

by 3k on Oct 16, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess if you judged by intent, more players would just act like they didn’t mean to horse collar the guy. I’m hoping that this was just an innocent mistake on Butler’s part. Too bad he didn’t Harvin’s season, though….eye for an eye? (I think I’m joking on that one, still ticked off about Gibson, though.)

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Oct 16, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's hard to understand?

Obviously Quincy is penalized more because that form of tackle could result in the player who’s being tackled to suffer some sort of knee injury that could be season or career threatening. Players can really get injured from those tackles. What if that tackle would have caused an injury?

Wait a minute……….

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 16, 2009 5:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

what a joke

the fine is fair, but in light of hicks’ it’s a joke.

by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 16, 2009 6:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We're just gonna have to suck it up-

It’s going to happen to us for now because of who we are. Having Gibson go down like he did was bad enough, but I was really, really ticked off (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) because in the photo that showed Gibson going down, also showed Hall being tackled by that gerk-off McKinney then pumping his knees in Halls back! AND NO FLAG!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

by Knoxfan on Oct 16, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs