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Giants' Tuck Is Fined $7,500 for Hit on Bollinger
November 7 New York Times
"Justin Tuck was fined $7,500 by the N.F.L. for his roughing-the-passer penalty last Sunday on Brooks Bollinger.
"Our job description is basically to destroy a quarterback, but you've got to pick and choose how to do it," said Tuck, who said he would appeal the fine.
Tuck was penalized in the third quarter of a 35-14 victory against the Dallas Cowboys for tackling Bollinger as Bollinger threw an incompletion.
"You can't hit him in the head, you can't hit him below the knees," Tuck said. "Obviously, you can't hit him hard, either." Tuck was penalized for landing on Bollinger with the full force of his 274 pounds.
According to Randall Liu, information manager for the National Football Conference, Tuck was fined because "he unnecessarily drove the opposing quarterback to the ground." He said Tuck's actions violated Rule 12, Section 2, Article 12(2) of the N.F.L.'s official rules.
In an e-mail message, Liu said the fine was issued by Gene Washington, the league's director of football operations. The league has emphasized protection of quarterbacks against rough play to prevent injury, but Giants Coach Tom Coughlin said he did not think the play was worth calling a penalty.
"No, it was not," Coughlin said Monday. "On the spot, the official thought it was. The guy was attacking the quarterback. He doesn't have a checklist that he goes through. It is foolish to continue dialogue about this because it doesn't settle anything.""
November 7 New York Times
"Justin Tuck was fined $7,500 by the N.F.L. for his roughing-the-passer penalty last Sunday on Brooks Bollinger.
"Our job description is basically to destroy a quarterback, but you've got to pick and choose how to do it," said Tuck, who said he would appeal the fine.
Tuck was penalized in the third quarter of a 35-14 victory against the Dallas Cowboys for tackling Bollinger as Bollinger threw an incompletion.
"You can't hit him in the head, you can't hit him below the knees," Tuck said. "Obviously, you can't hit him hard, either." Tuck was penalized for landing on Bollinger with the full force of his 274 pounds.
According to Randall Liu, information manager for the National Football Conference, Tuck was fined because "he unnecessarily drove the opposing quarterback to the ground." He said Tuck's actions violated Rule 12, Section 2, Article 12(2) of the N.F.L.'s official rules.
In an e-mail message, Liu said the fine was issued by Gene Washington, the league's director of football operations. The league has emphasized protection of quarterbacks against rough play to prevent injury, but Giants Coach Tom Coughlin said he did not think the play was worth calling a penalty.
"No, it was not," Coughlin said Monday. "On the spot, the official thought it was. The guy was attacking the quarterback. He doesn't have a checklist that he goes through. It is foolish to continue dialogue about this because it doesn't settle anything.""
