Brayton fined 15k for interfering with Falcons ST gunner

[Kakarot]

Should've been fined more, and suspended

[CatMan72]

If I was going to do this, I would have left my sideline "cape" type jacket on with the hood over my head so they couldn't identify who did it, LOL

[Actionman0z]

I do not think there is any room for this type of stuff in the NFL, but gunners need to know that running out of bounds is not an option. At a college or NFL game, unlike high school the two sides remain relatively separate from each other during a game, and during some coaching time and people moving around on the sidelines its amazing that more stuff like this does not happen during a game on accident. As for the fine and suspension and stuff like that... I do not know. The league should/will prob. look at this later on and make a rule or something. Keep the guys from running out of bounds, or take the out of bounds away. It is not called... out of bounds except if your the gunner on punt team. so WTF?

[Brooklyn Bully]

Brayton is a little bitch for doing it...but it was funny nontheless. I'm shocked the fine wasn't higher though.

[rodeo]

I guess Im having trouble figuring out why its illegal if the gunner is running off the actual playing field. I know its the rules but why?

if you're on the sideline then you're not in the football game.

if you're not in the football game, isn't it just plain assault?

[Murph]

I hate the Falcons way too much to be concerned about this.

[BlanksKarma]

haha little bitch probably deserved it

What?!? He deserved being driven out of bounds and a player jump off the bench and blindside him with an elbow shot? What if he would have seriously injured him, Brayton could find himself suspended for a substantial amount of time.

I think actions like this, have no place what-so-ever on a football field.

[TheRealDeal]

Eh, that video is too grainy to really determine what happened.

If Brayton had real malicious intent, there would be no reason to run then stop before hitting him.

Also, an elbow the the head/chest with full pads on doesn't hurt one bit so that doesn't make sense either.

Probably just a reactionary thing that someone was running at him.

[Actionman0z]

I'd be interested to hear what he had to say about it. Again, I think that running out of the field of play on the sidelines should carry an AT RISK policy for anyone doing it. It should not be allowed anyway. Nobody else can run out of bounds, fix the rule.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Some of you are blind as bats. WRs, QBs, and RBs run into the other team's sideline ALL THE TIME. What does the other team do? Get out of the way, hold him up, or at times just get run over. Never do they get up, meet the guy heading their way, and elbow them to the ground. No clue what was going through Brayton's head. Perhaps he and the guy had some beef and Tyler saw a perfect chance to take advantage. And it's even worse if the guy was still a legal player.

What I want to know is why the NFL hid this for so long.