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Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis was fined $16,537 for an illegal hit against New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham that the officials missed on the field during last Thursday’s 28-10 Saints victory.

Davis blasted Graham with a helmet-to-helmet shot under Graham’s chin away from the action after Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw a pass toward another receiver. That pass wound up being intercepted in a double-whammy moment for the Saints. Graham was unable to make a tackle because he was laid out on the ground.

Davis was fined for unnecessary roughness for unnecessarily striking an opponent away from the play.

Graham said later that he was fired up by the way the Panthers were attacking him, and he showed that emotion on the field (hurdling safety Roman Harper on the next series) and off (head-butting the bench

Panthers' Thomas Davis fined for hit against Saints' Jimmy Graham - ESPN

"A Veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life."

|Mitch|

I still can't understand how they missed that call; opposite side of the field away from the play...

SmashMouth

Or the non-call head spear that injured Grambeaux.

RailBoss

Need a better eyeglass program for NFL Referees.

jlouhill

Selective vision.

saintsfan1976

but dunk on a goal post and it's $25k?

Hmmmm

xan

Surprised that NFL doesn't suspend for intentionally launching into the head of a defenseless player.

I guess the NFL is all about player safety. A 16k fine for permanently injuring a star opponent? - every day of the week.

hagan714

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