Brandon Merriweather Fined $42,000 for Hit on Eddie Lacy
Skins S Brandon Merriweather, a repeat offender, was fined $42,000 for his illegal hit to the head in Sunday's game at Green Bay
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) September 18, 2013
According to additional information from Paul Imig of FoxSportsWisconsin.com, Merriweather was apparently fined for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Eddie Lacy this past Sunday's game, but not for his hit on James Starks.
Lacy suffered on concussion on the play, and Merriweather sustained a concussion of his own in his collision with Starks.
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Comments (7)
September 18, 2013 at 09:32 pm
Maybe they figured knocking himself out was punishment enough. They thought wrong.
September 18, 2013 at 09:40 pm
So where's the fine for the second hit, the one that went against Starks and knocked Meri's a** out cold??? Like Mark said, the KO must've been seen as punishment enough. Will this fine or self-injury change Meri's playing style?
September 19, 2013 at 07:25 am
This fine show the NFL is not really serious about these hits. The fine system has not worked and Meri's the example for that look at his history. If the NFL really wanted to make these hits go away the player using making the hit should not be allowed to play until the play who was hit is back. Meri gets a fine this time and Lacy is out, makes no sense.
September 19, 2013 at 07:54 am
Totally agree these guys sit until the other guy comes back.
Also, the NFL office should be doing in game reviews from the booth or a central office and benching the helmet to helmet offenders during the game. Don't leave it up to the officials that only get to see it once at full speed to make the judgement.
September 20, 2013 at 12:12 am
Not picking nits here, but Meriweather is spelled with one "r." I know many (including La Canfora) make that mistake.
September 20, 2013 at 11:40 am
These fines are a total joke. Its like making Trump pay a $17 parking ticket for his limo being in the wrong spot.
Game ejections for deliberate hits should be the norm now. If the commish truely wants safety then he has to start having ejections: Suh, ejected, 100,000 fine, ditto meriweather, et al.
Any game ejection is 100K fine. Not appealable.
September 21, 2013 at 09:07 am
Wait until meriweather sues the league 10 years from now for concussion issues, he'll get more than 42k back.