James Harrison not fined for hits on Tebow, Decker

Posted by Michael David Smith

On most Fridays in the NFL, there are news items about players getting fined by the league office. With Steelers linebacker James Harrison, it may be bigger news when he’s not fined by the league office.

Harrison was called for a roughing the passer penalty on Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow on Sunday, and he also laid a big hit on the knee of Broncos receiver Eric Decker, knocking Decker out of the wild-card playoff game (and the Broncos’ divisional-round playoff game) and raising questions about whether all the fines Harrison has received for hits to the head have left Harrison’s opponents’ knees vulnerable now that Harrison is lowering his target.

However, the NFL did not fine Harrison, either for the roughing the passer penalty or for the hit on Decker.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/13/james-harrison-not-fined-for-hits-on-tebow-decker/
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I would have lost that bet....

Ask him not to hit high, he hits low. Now his low hits are in the air. It's obvious Goodell's asking him to quit altogether.

bayz101 wrote:

Ask him not to hit high, he hits low. Now his low hits are in the air. It's obvious Goodell's asking him to quit altogether.

Wallace108 wrote:

bayz101 wrote:

Ask him not to hit high, he hits low. Now his low hits are in the air. It's obvious Goodell's asking him to quit altogether.

At least for Harrison. The so called hit of Tebow was considerably less forcefull than we've seen on Ben. It was bogus. John Elway said himself that all the fines for James Harrison caused him to change what he did on that play. He wasn't blaming James for that hit only saying the league (which is Godohell) caused this to happen, and he's right. That being said I'm surprised they didn't create a new rule on the fly to fine him for the hit on Dekker.