Eagles' Ramsey, Commanders' Landry fined for hits

[WoodysGirl]

Ramsey was fined the $21k and Landry $16,764. How is Landry only making $16k a game being such a high pick?

His signing bonus may be X amount of dollars, but his base salary for the year is prolly in the 200-300k range. Divide that by 17 game checks and there you go.
Ramsey is a 2nd year player, so maybe his salary for this year not including bonus money is a bit higher.

 

[joseephuss]

I have it on good authority (Rack) that it was a clean hit.

I have seen a couple of those comments about it being a clean hit. I would not call the hit on Witten a cheap shot, but it was not a clean shot. Defenders should not be leading with the top of their helmets. It does not have to be malicious intent for it to be dangerous. As a defender you have to make sure to keep your head up. It is dangerous to yourself and leaves your neck in a vulnerable position. It looked a lot worse because Witten helmet came off, which was mostly because the second defender grabbed the back of the helmet. Still a spear is a spear.

 

[Zaxor]

didn't woody get fined 75k for a legal hit on a seattle WR... could there be a double standard...

Michael Irvin gets a 5 game suspension instead of the usual 4 games...etc...etc. ad naseum

found a link

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E5DD113FF932A05753C1A9649C8B63

The N.F.L. fined Dallas Cowboys safety Darren Woodson $75,000 yesterday for a hit on Seattle's Darrell Jackson that was high and to the head on Sunday...(except he lead with his shoulder which AdamJT showed on stills taken from the video and it was a bam-bam play and not that freaking cheap shot like that joker did to JJ)

 

[WoodysGirl]

didn't woody get fined 75k for a legal hit on a seattle WR... could there be a double standard...

Michael Irvin gets a 5 game suspension instead of the usual 4 games...etc...etc. ad naseum

Woody was a repeat offender.

 

[Zaxor]

Woody was a repeat offender.

well how about this

NFL fines Cowboys' Owens $35,000 for spitting incident

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/cowboys/2006-12-18-terrell-owens_x.htm

 

[YosemiteSam]

His signing bonus may be X amount of dollars, but his base salary for the year is prolly in the 200-300k range. Divide that by 17 game checks and there you go.
Ramsey is a 2nd year player, so maybe his salary for this year not including bonus money is a bit higher.

Well then, that isn't exactly a fair was to punish players if you base it on base salary. You could make the league minimum each season with $10M roster bonuses each year.

 

[joseephuss]

Woody was a repeat offender.

That is a good point. Of course if they truly reviewed the play, they would have seen he did nothing wrong. That fine has always ticked me off. Woody did not lead with his helmet. I can understand that a ref may miss that in live action, but the league was able to review the play in slow motion and they still got it wrong.

 

[Zaxor]

That is a good point. Of course if they truly reviewed the play, they would have seen he did nothing wrong. That fine has always ticked me off. Woody did not lead with his helmet. I can understand that a ref may miss that in live action, but the league was able to review the play in slow motion and they still got it wrong.

Witten for crying out loud gets $5000 fine for a crackback block (week 2) that was nothing more than a push in the back...it just seems so out of balance to me

 

[joseephuss]

Well then, that isn't exactly a fair was to punish players if you base it on base salary. You could make the league minimum each season with $10M roster bonuses each year.

I am curious. What does Darren McFadden = Herschel Walker mean? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Herschel was a darned good player for Dallas. If the Cowboys can get Darren without trading a boat load of draft picks I think they would be getting a very good player. I am not for trading up for him.

 

[theogt]

NFL Comes Down Hard on Eagles DT LaJuan Ramsey for Late Hit on Julius Jones
Posted Nov 6th 2007 6:25AM by Michael David Smith

The National Football League acted swiftly and came down hard Monday on Eagles defensive tackle LaJuan Ramsey for his helmet-to-helmet late hit on Cowboys running back Julius Jones Sunday night.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the NFL has docked Ramsey his paycheck for the game against the Cowboys, meaning he'll lose $21,176, or 1/17 of his annual salary of $400,000.

As a proportion of the player's salary, that's about as big a fine as the NFL ever levies without also suspending a player. It's not uncommon for an NFL player who makes $5 million a year to get a $5,000 fine -- one-tenth of 1 percent of his salary -- for a cheap shot, so the NFL obviously thought Ramsey's hit was particularly egregious. Ramsey was fined $5,000 last month for a hit on Jets quarterback Chad Pennington, and he's been warned that he's coming close to getting suspended.

 

[J-DOG]

Not enough in my opinion.
That was flagrant and a players salary should not be considered when handing down the fine.

 

[Pokes28]

I am curious. What does Darren McFadden = Herschel Walker mean? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Herschel was a darned good player for Dallas. If the Cowboys can get Darren without trading a boat load of draft picks I think they would be getting a very good player. I am not for trading up for him.

All except that Walker was a jinx to every NFL team he played for.

David Harrell - Pokes
dwh

 

[WV Cowboy]

All except that Walker was a jinx to every NFL team he played for.

Wow, somebody actually believes that a certain player is a jinx ???

Unbelievable ! :laugh2:

When Tom Landry had HW and used him the right way, he ran for over 1500 and caught another 500 in passes.

Is it HW's fault that they other coaches he played for were idiots ??

 

[BrassCowboy]

Is that a percentage fine or something?

How do they come up with $21,176 and $16,764? They should throw in some change. $21,176.95 + tax. Available for three easy payments of $7,058.98.

 

[AmishCowboy]

I have it on good authority (Rack) that it was a clean hit.

I second that!.

 

[AmishCowboy]

I have seen a couple of those comments about it being a clean hit. I would not call the hit on Witten a cheap shot, but it was not a clean shot. Defenders should not be leading with the top of their helmets. It does not have to be malicious intent for it to be dangerous. As a defender you have to make sure to keep your head up. It is dangerous to yourself and leaves your neck in a vulnerable position. It looked a lot worse because Witten helmet came off, which was mostly because the second defender grabbed the back of the helmet. Still a spear is a spear.

That's my point.

 

[proline]

I haven't seen anything on this yet, but was a fine levied against the guy who did the dirty helmet-to-helmet hit on Julius Jones?

 

[MetalHead]

Yes.
The NFL fined him(Ramsey) a game's paycheck.

 

[Rack]

I have it on good authority (Rack) that it was a clean hit.

It was. Just like it was a clean hit when Woodson hit Darryl Jackson a few years ago.

 

[dannyz]

Reid has obviously lost control of his team.

If you can't control your own household, how do you expect to control an NFL team?