Jared Allen slapped with $21k fine for Lance Louis hit

Should have been more......senseless hit

Not sure what the NFL is up to. A lower fine for a hit that ends someone's season than for Suh's kick to Schaub, which only raised his voice an octave during the post-game press conference.

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Originally posted 10:58 AM ET  11.29 by HILLBILLY

Should have been more......senseless hit

I thought it was a clean hit. Maybe you'd rather they wear dresses and high heels.

I really don't understand at all. It was no different than the Boldin block during the Ray Rice miracle play, and I don't think Boldin was fined.

The punishment should not be solely based upon how bad the blocked player was injured, as seems to be the case here.

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Originally posted 11:25 AM ET  11.29 by RustyBawl

I really don't understand at all. It was no different than the Boldin block during the Ray Rice miracle play, and I don't think Boldin was fined.The punishment should not be solely based upon how bad the blocked player was injured, as seems to be the case here.

Football is a collision sport and injuries will happen.

I wonder what kind of number crunching they did to come up with $21K. What? Was it slightly more flagrant than a $20K hit?

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Originally posted 11:07 AM ET  11.29 by SouthernBlueFan

Not sure what the NFL is up to. A lower fine for a hit that ends someone's season than for Suh's kick to Schaub, which only raised his voice an octave during the post-game press conference.

Beat me to it, Schaub didn't miss a beat:)

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Originally posted 12:01 PM ET  11.29 by LL Cool AJ

i think the key word is senseless. Allen came off his feet and went into his head. There was no sense to make that type of block on that play. If Allen plants and goes into his chest, he still makes the block but Louis probably doesn't get hurt. If it was clean, there wouldn't be a fine.

Agreed. Allen appeared to be intentionally trying to hurt the guy. He's another guy who is judged by his well earned reputation.

Lets see Carmini was benched after the 49er game. Now he got his job back because of an injury- does not sound good for the Bears. We shall see how it affects their team this week when they host the Seattle Seahawks in a playoff pivotal game.

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Originally posted 11:07 AM ET  11.29 by SouthernBlueFan

Not sure what the NFL is up to. A lower fine for a hit that ends someone's season than for Suh's kick to Schaub, which only raised his voice an octave during the post-game press conference.

The problem is that Suh has been fined several times for his hits, and Allen has not. Players with a history of dirty play will be given heavier fines.

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Originally posted 12:55 PM ET  11.29 by narrator

Lets see Carmini was benched after the 49er game. Now he got his job back because of an injury- does not sound good for the Bears. We shall see how it affects their team this week when they host the Seattle Seahawks in a playoff pivotal game.

Yeah, the player who could be most negatively affected by all this is probably Jay Cutler - his protection was bad enough as it was, and now it's probably going to get worse. He may not even make it to the playoffs.

He blindsided him!