Raheem Brock says he was fined

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If it was Brady, it would have been a $50k fine.

The guy who hit Brady low got a $15K fine as well:

Source: Antonio Garay fined $15K
ESPN.com news services
Updated: September 22, 2011, 12:09 PM ET

The NFL fined San Diego Chargers defensive tackle Antonio Garay $15,000 for hitting New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady below the knee last Sunday, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

The hit happened in the third quarter of the Patriots' 35-21 victory when Garay reached out his left arm into Brady's left knee. The Patriots quarterback ended up on the ground, his back arched and legs bent.

Brady, who escaped unscathed, on Monday credited the brace he was wearing on the knee for protecting him from a potentially devastating injury.

"I'm glad I had a knee brace on," Brady said in his weekly appearance on Boston sports radio station WEEI.

"Those are scary when you've been through those ones before. He got me in a good spot and I'm glad the knee brace took the brunt of the force. Why I never wore a knee brace before (his season-ending ACL injury in 200 I have no idea and why every quarterback doesn't wear one on their left knee I have no idea. It's just so unprotected."

Information from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter and ESPNBoston.com Patriots reporter Mike Reiss was used in this report.

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Re: Raheem Brock says he was fined

Raheem Brock tripped over Gilbert's legs and his momentum carried him into Ben's legs although I'm not sure Brock made a full effort to try and avoid contact with Ben.

here's what Brock had to say about it via twitter:

“Fined by the NFL today for being “TRIPPED” by an o’lineman and fallin into the QB’s legs! Smh if I only had super powers to stop mid air”

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Gilbert's leg made contact up high on Brock. Not the kind of "trip" that makes you lose complete control. Brock's allowed his "momentum" to follow through without making any effort to stop it - not unlike allowing your sled to continue at the bottom of the hill until you come to a complete stop while you could easily dismount ten feet earlier.

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BS Fine
BS Penalty
BS Rule

Just my

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Gilbert: Brock’s hit “was a cheap shot”

September 22nd, 2011
By Mark Kaboly

Seattle defensive lineman Raheem Brock was fined $15,000 for a hit to Ben Roethlisberger knee in the first half of Sunday’s 24-0 win over the Seahawks.

Brock revealed that he was fined on his Twitter page on Wednesday, and also made it known that he felt the fine from the league was unwarranted because he believed he was intentionally tripped by Steelers rookie tackle Marcus Gilbert that made the ensuing contact to Roethlisberger’s knee unavoidable.

“Fined by the NFL today for being “TRIPPED” by an o’lineman and fallin into the QB’s legs! Smh if I only had super powers to stop mid air,” Brock tweeted.

Gilbert didn’t see it the same way.

Gilbert said today that Brock’s hit to Roethlisberger’s knee “was a cheap shot.”
“I was (mad),” Gilbert said. “It wasn’t a good shot. I was (mad) because I take pride in keeping players off quarterbacks. It was something that happened and you can’t let it happen again.”

Brock was flagged for a personal four on the play for violating the league’s “Brady rule” which went into effect after New England quarterback Tom Brady suffered a torn ACL as the result of a low hit in the 2008 season opener.

However, the rule also states it is not a foul if the defender is blocked or fouled into the passer and has no opportunity to avoid him. The rule also goes to state that a defender cannot initiate a roll or lunge and forcibly hit the passer in the knee area or below, even if he is being contacted by another player.

The NFL ruled that Brock initiated a lunge at Roethlisberger’s knee.

“If anybody saw it, it was very intentional that he hit him down in the legs,” Gilbert said. “It was a dive (at the knee). That’s the way we saw it. That’s how we looked at it and that’s how the NFL looked at it.”

Under the NFL’s league discipline rules, players can be fined a minimum of $15,000 (first offense) for a leg whip, but not for tripping.
Gilbert said he wasn’t fined.

“I am all good in my end,” Gilbert said.

In other news, guard Doug Legursky was fined $10,000 for a third-quarter clip on Seattle’s Al Woods during last week’s game.

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