No attention-grabbing $75,000 fines have been handed to James Harrison, and nobody has had $120,000 docked from his paycheck in a span of six weeks as was the case last year.

There have been few knockout blows on defenseless receivers and even fewer big-time penalties dished out by the NFL, leading some players to wonder whether the league is finding alternate ways of fining players.

Instead of being fined for hits geared to the head, players are being fined for such infractions as face-mask penalties, low blocks, taunting and using cell phones on the sidelines.

"They basically said they are going to fine you for everything," Steelers safety and player rep Ryan Clark said. "It's about money."...............

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