Regarding the dirty shot to Bridgewater...

[Mr. Scot]

No fine...

 

[Captain Morgan]

That's the Falcon's brand.  Dirty and stupid.  And they wonder why karma keeps pulling the rug out from under them.

[ladypanther]

That is very concerning.

[onmyown]

Do these fines really even matter? These players spend that much on dinner

what they should be doing is banning them for 3 game minimums with no pay, I would bet my left but things would be taken seriously real fuging quick

but then the NFL ‘brand’ and dirty teams would suffer and may put revenue at jeopardy

NFL always trying so desperately hard to find that small tiny grey area between giving the illusion of a goal they’re serious about safety with the main goal protecting revenue just assuming/hoping no one notices by mass, hallow marketing advertising ‘they care about player safety’

what a joke

[Snake]

It's the Panthers. They could shank us and it would be a penalty or fine. 

[Proudiddy]

We been too busy trying to be the "good guys" in our division, while all our rivals turned us into their bitch, played dirty, and took cheap shots.  And look where it got us.  Hopefully Rhule sees this and the attitude shifts.  We need to be the aggressors from here on out, bc they're gonna keep doing it.

[raz]

this is completely unacceptable.   if one of our players did it i would feel the same way

[MHS831]

25 minutes ago, onmyown said:

Do these fines really even matter? These players spend that much on dinner

what they should be doing is banning them for 3 game minimums with no pay, I would bet my left but things would be taken seriously real fuging quick

but then the NFL ‘brand’ and dirty teams would suffer and may put revenue at jeopardy

NFL always trying so desperately hard to find that small tiny grey area between giving the illusion of a goal they’re serious about safety with the main goal protecting revenue just assuming/hoping no one notices by mass, hallow marketing advertising ‘they care about player safety’

what a joke

The main problem is this---if you have a WR going over the middle and a Safety earning $12m per season is making a hit, he does not think of the $50K fine.  A player making $600,000 per season, on the other hand, would forfeit 8% of his gross salary on that one hit.  They do not make the hit.  Money as a punishment in the NFL is a dumb way to enforce rules.  There is no equity in salaries.

[raz]

1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

The main problem is this---if you have a WR going over the middle and a Safety earning $12m per season is making a hit, he does not think of the $50K fine.  A player making $600,000 per season, on the other hand, would forfeit 8% of their gross salary on that one hit.  They do not make the hit.  Money as a punishment in the NFL is a dumb way to enforce rules.  There is no equity in salaries.

yeah but it does show a pattern and can build to suspensions if the individual players don't stop, like with burfict.  

[MHS831]

6 minutes ago, raz said:

yeah but it does show a pattern and can build to suspensions if the individual players don't stop, like with burfict.  

Right---but if Player A makes 10x higher than Player B, Player A makes several dangerous hits before it enters his head during games--if money is the deterrent.  Player B loses a game check--before taxes---he is less likely to make the hit the first time.  It changes the playing style based on the player's ability to pay the fine. 

So if it take 2-3 dirty hits to get where it impacts Player A, is it a deterrent?  No more than a limit during deer season discourages hunting. 

[bababoey]

1 hour ago, Snake said:

It's the Panthers. They could shank us and it would be a penalty or fine. 

[ladypanther]

A fine may or not seem like much to a particular player.  But no fine sends a message....the wrong one and puts other players and QB's at risk.