Chicago Bears rookie middle linebacker Jon Bostic is apparently lighter in the wallet after the crushing preseason hit he put on San Diego Chargers wide receiver Mike Willie last week at Soldier Field. Bears' starting weakside linebacker Lance Briggs tweeted on Wednesday morning from his Twitter account (@LanceBriggs), “Shaking my head moment. NFL fines Jon Bostic 21K for his clean hit against the Chargers.†Briggs went on to Tweet, “Bostic's s hit illegal. Hit on Dustin Keller. Legal.†Keller, a tight end for the Miami Dolphins, suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason on a low tackle by Houston Texans safety D.J. Swearinger, the hit is legal by NFL standards. Bostic’s targeted Willie’s chest region on a short pass to the right on the third play of the third quarter that was ruled incomplete last week in the Bears’ 33-28 victory over the Chargers. Bostic was not flagged on the play. The rookie out of Florida is scheduled to earn a $405,000 base salary in 2013 in addition to a $1,246,036 signing bonus, he can appeal the fine. Source: ESPN
As usual, ridiculous... More about covering their butt in possible future litigation & trying to take the violence *gasp* (cover the children's eyes!) out of their 'beloved' game. :icon_rolleyes:
Terrible fine! The National Fine League strikes again. Opps, i'm sorry! I hit you too hard! Hopefully Bostic appeals this.
The NFL has a great product because of the violent nature of the game. Men get hurt playing the game and they know it going in. Freaking leave it alone. As far as Bostic committing an infraction.....100% bullcrap.
nfl.com was posting this as the hit of the week on it's website until the fine was announced.total bullcrap call by the league,even the refs did not flag it during the game,and the guy who got hit bounced right up! does bostic even make that much a game since he is not guaranteed anything in his deal? somebody on espn said he made 975 bucks a game until he made the roster if he does!
Biggest disappointment is not finding those refs who didn't call a Damn thing after the game & go do shots & beers. Now they know football...
Utter bullcrap call http://youtu.be/AuAwvUhm6VI The puts his facemask in the opponents numbers as we've been taught since pee wee. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
Bostic will be making I heard around $405,000 this season. He also has a signing bonus that is just a hair over $1 million. Thats only 5% of what Bostic will be making in 2013 but still bullcrap none the less.
With all the petty fines Goodell is handing out, I think he would fit in perfectly if he where to work for the State of Illinois and all the crooks that work for it.
