Antonio Smith, Cushing Fined By The NFL
November 28th, 2009 | by Mike Kerns |And the league continues to be a joke while trying to “protect” its quarterbacks.
Don't worry bout it, Cush. Keep being aggressive.
Brian Cushing has been fined $5,000 for hitting quarterback Vince Young out of bounds. He was penalized 15 yards as well. The league said Cushing was fined for unnecessary roughness for striking an opponent late and out of bounds on a run play. Which is absurd when you see the play. It was a ridiculous penalty call and an even worse fine. As I said after Eugene Wilson’s fine last week, I thought this was football and you could still hit a guy. But with this play it is a joke. Cushing barely laid his hands on Young as he ran out of bounds. The officiating is getting about as bad as the umpires in MLB.
Antonio Smith is a different story. Smith was fined $10,000 for elbowing Titans center Kevin Mawae. Smith was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness at the end of the pass play. He did it right in front of the refs and in front of national TV cameras. He says he was retaliating, but the fact of the matter is that he was the one who got caught.
Tags: Antonio Smith, Brian Cushing, Eugene Wilson, Kevin Mawae, Tennessee Titans, Vince Young
