Jolly, Harris and Raji docked for actions against Vikes. Associated Press
From the Associated Press:
NEW YORK -- Green Bay Packers Johnny Jolly, Al Harris and rookie B.J. Raji have been fined $5,000 each by the NFL for actions in last Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
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Defensive tackle Jolly was fined on Friday for unnecessary roughness for head-butting Minnesota running back Chester Taylor.
Cornerback Harris was fined for unnecessary roughness for grabbing a helmet-opening to make a tackle, and DT Raji was fined $5,000 for a major facemask violation.
Arizona Cardinals DT Darnell Dockett was hit for $5,000 for a helmet-to-helmet contact in a game with Carolina, and Panthers tight end Jeff King was fined the same amount for striking an opponent late.
As for Jolly, Packers coach Mike McCarthy expressed his displeasure with the play earlier in the week. Taylor was tackled for a 5-yard loss on a third-down pass play. Instead of kicking a field goal, Minnesota had an automatic first down at the Packers' 7 and scored a touchdown four plays later.
"Not very smart," McCarthy said. "We had them stopped. Personal fouls in that situation and the way it happened, from my understanding, it's unacceptable, to extend the drive like that and it cost us four points."
Jolly wouldn't say what provoked his aggressive act on Taylor with the play over.
"Hey, I play on edge," Jolly said. "They made the call. A good call by the ref."
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"This team has had a point of emphasis on penalties" says Mike McCarthy. (for two years now I believe.)
Here we have three Packers fined for penalties in one game!
I watched Raji release his hand as soon as he realized his error and put both hands up in a "not guilty fashion" after his foul. It did not appear that flagrant of a foul........ so apparently the league is handing out more fines.
The other two fouls were deserving of a fine, and Jolly was simply stupid in his actions.
The question of the day seems to be "Why can't McCarthy keep these guys under control." The penalties have been absolutely terrible.
My observation is that McCarthy has never adopted a zero-tolerance approach to penalties. He is always letting someone slide by saying "You'll have that if you are aggressive," and he seems to defend some penalties as OK.
I relate this to the construction industry were zero-tolerance accident policies are the norm. You would never say small cuts and bruises are OK on the job. Zero-tolerance !!
So why would you ever give some penalties an OK grade?..... Because McCarthy tolerates them.
McCArthy should pay all the fines levied on his players until he adopts a zero-tolerance policy.
You would never see this penalty behavior from a Parcels or Cowher coached team.
None of those penalties deserved a fine, including the bonehead penalty by Jolly.
This is the NFL and contact happens. None of these penalties were for flagrant horrific cheap shots. Complete idiocy again by NFL refs.
Al can do no wrong!
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Nov 06, 2009
05:53 PM
Jolly must need some codeine to take the "Edge" off.