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Late Hit Proves Costly To Chargers’ Florence

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under NFL, Off The Field News, San Diego Chargers 

San Diego Chargers cornerback Drayton FlorenceHelmet-to-helmet contact still does not pay - ask San Diego Chargers cornerback Drayton Florence. Bernie Wilson of the Associated Press reports that Florence was fined $15,000 by the National Football League Thursday for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub; the hit gave Schaub a concussion.

In a statement released by the Texans, team general manager Rick Smith said the fine wasn’t enough; he added, “We are disappointed in the sense that we have lost our starting quarterback for at least one game after the player took the crown of his helmet and delivered an illegal blow to Matt’s jaw and the fine levied is only a small fraction of the player’s weekly pay. Is that equitable? The punishment doesn’t appear to fit the crime when all factors are considered.”



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  1. Chargers cornerback Drayton Florence fined for hit on Schaub | SportsBonehead.com on November 2nd, 2007 8:17 am

    [...] week again will cost San Diego corner Drayton Florence $15,000.  Houston GM Rick Smith thinks the $15,000 fine for such a brutal and illegal hit isn’t nearly enough.  Florence blind-sided Schaub during [...]

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