stillers4me
11-18-2011, 06:07 PM
[/URL]No one, it seems, is immune to the the long arm of the NFL law responsible for handing out punishments to weekly rules-breakers. The latest unlikely target to end up in the league's crosshairs: [URL="http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/page/BAL"]Ravens (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33377804) quarterback Joe Flacco (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1250697), who was fined $7,500 (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rapid-reports/post/16160296) for his horse-collar tackle on the Seahawks (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/page/SEA)' David Hawthorne (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1616856) last weekend.
Only knowing this, you might think, "Good. The league doesn't consider quarterbacks, its most prized possession, above the rules."
Sort of. For starters, Flacco gets fewer roughing-the-passer calls (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/32380887) than almost every other quarterback in the league. So it's not like he's Tom Brady (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/187741) or Drew Brees (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/235197) when it comes to officials giving him the benefit of the doubt
But then there's this: Flacco's fine was half what the NFL fined Troy Polmalu for his horse-collar tackle on Ravens running back Ricky Williams (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/133448). And before you note that the league punishes repeat offenders more heavily than first-timers, the Polamalu-on-Williams crime took place in Week 1............
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http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33377804 (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33377804)
Edit: fixed the link
Only knowing this, you might think, "Good. The league doesn't consider quarterbacks, its most prized possession, above the rules."
Sort of. For starters, Flacco gets fewer roughing-the-passer calls (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/32380887) than almost every other quarterback in the league. So it's not like he's Tom Brady (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/187741) or Drew Brees (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/235197) when it comes to officials giving him the benefit of the doubt
But then there's this: Flacco's fine was half what the NFL fined Troy Polmalu for his horse-collar tackle on Ravens running back Ricky Williams (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/133448). And before you note that the league punishes repeat offenders more heavily than first-timers, the Polamalu-on-Williams crime took place in Week 1............
Read more @
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33377804 (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33377804)
Edit: fixed the link