Guess the fine for D. Wesley

[Happy Panther]

OK how much will he get fined for the hit?

I say $25,000

[robtrox0]

15k

[Jangler]

Yeah $25,000.

[Darth Biscuit]

Maybe more and may be suspended too... I'm struggling to come up with ANY reason to hit the punt returner, much less like that?

[Happy Panther]

I'm just googling and usually players get fines but not suspensions

I think

[Carolina890]

25k and a 2 game suspension...

[Happy Panther]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets safety Eric Smith thinks the NFL "made an example" of him with its punishment of his helmet-to-helmet hit on Arizona's Anquan Boldin a few weeks ago.

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Jets S Eric Smith felt his fine was excessive for this hit.

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Smith was suspended and fined $50,000, including one game check, after the scary collision near the end of New York's 56-35 win on Sept. 28.

"If you compare it to the other fines and the extent and the value of the number they put on the other fines, I definitely feel that I may have been made an example of," Smith said Thursday. "It was a first offense this year, and there are a couple of second offenses that haven't been as severe as mine."

Boldin needed surgery to repair a fractured sinus and is sidelined indefinitely. Smith, in his third year, appealed the decision and insisted there was no malicious intent on his part. The league said Smith committed a flagrant violation of player safety rules and that Boldin was in a defenseless position when contact was made.

"I tried to tell them that my intention wasn't to hit him like that, but they told me intent wasn't looked at," said Smith, whose salary is $445,000. "But if intent isn't involved, then why isn't every fine the same?"

DW's salary is double that...could be more

[N1kkadeemuz]

I'm still trying to figure what the hell he was thinking.

[Strong Arm]

i'm still trying to figure what the hell he was thinking.

^^^this^^^

[George Shinnsplints]

eleventy billion. what a clueless play.

[Miaoww]

I hope the NFL pays him money for hitting someone. It's turning into a pussy league.

[Darth Biscuit]

eleventy billion. what a clueless play.

That is not a number.

[Snake]

He will prob want lose any games because they dude never called Fair Catch. Thus he was not helpless. I would say 35,000

[ladypanther]

Maybe more and may be suspended too... I'm struggling to come up with ANY reason to hit the punt returner, much less like that?

I'm still trying to figure what the hell he was thinking.

Unbelievable. Not a Panther move. Can't complain whatever they give him. The result of his stupidity could have been tragic.