NFL fined Carter Coughlin for hitting someone hard

What was he supposed to do, let him run past him?

I thought the link would be to The Onion.

What a joke.

That was a beautiful hit!

In comment 16313177 Bubba said:

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What was he supposed to do, let him run past him?

The USA Today article on the fine (Xavier McKinney also gets a fine for unsportsmanlike conduct on the missed field goal) comments on it.

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Apparently, in the mind of league officials, Coughlin is just supposed to let the return man run right by him as opposed to making the tackle. Or something.

NFL slaps Giants' Xavier McKinney, Carter Coughlin with fines - ( New Window )

Is contributing to its own slow death. In every way possible.

leading with the crown of the helmet.

instead of Cam Brown. Brown's hit was worse and I was expecting a penalty on that. Coughlin's hit is just a good, hard tackle.

In comment 16313186 bronxboy said:

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leading with the crown of the helmet.

Yep, helmet to the chin. NFL doesn't like that.

In comment 16313188 Mike from Ohio said:

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instead of Cam Brown. Brown's hit was worse and I was expecting a penalty on that. Coughlin's hit is just a good, hard tackle.

I read the thread title as assumed this was about the Cam Brown hit. (Cam Brown and Carter Coughlin are interchangeable to me).

I could not believe they didn't throw a flag. it was a completely legal hit shoulder to chest and they actually let it go. Swift was down for like a minute.

pay that fine for Carter.

people are pussies these days.

In comment 16313210 FranknWeezer said:

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pay that fine for Carter.

I think Pugh said in a recent interview that the team sometimes does pay the fine. They definitely do for the coaches that get fined.

Honestly, that's money well spent. Solid tackle and it pumps up the team. I would tell the rest of the team, that if you can deliver hits like that, don't worry about the fines.

In comment 16313216 Dave in Hoboken said:

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people are pussies these days.

And the game will be 7 on 7 flag football very soon.

In comment 16313186 bronxboy said:

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leading with the crown of the helmet.

No, he didn't.

Cam Brown should have been flagged and fined but not Coughlin.

I guess me, k2tampa and the NFL were watching a different replay than you.

and pussyball.

He should attach a note that says

"Sorry Boss,My Football instincts took over for a second.Won't happen again"

on them and get it over with and watch the NFL go down the tubes.

if I'm a player in the NFL, I get together with other players to establish a private fund where everyone chips in something, and from there, you just reimburse the players for the horseshit fines the league office levies on them.

Of America continues unabated!

In comment 16313237 bronxboy said:

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I guess me, k2tampa and the NFL were watching a different replay than you.

Not only that, but Toth needs to realize the NFL isn't using the long-distance wide-angle TV shot for their review that lets him think it didn't happen.

What is ridiculous is the NFL's hypocrisy. On the day of the game the NFL's web team put the TV angle video on its website under the headline: "Coughlin's hit-stick tackle brings Montgomery's kick return to an abrupt end"

Under this piece of shit Commissioner have a much worse game then it was when he became commissioner. This is all over the law suits against tge league, nothing more. Thru don't give two fucks sbout the players safety. But they gave to make it look like they do.

was one of the few hits to get excited about all year!

Wasn't long ago there were great hits all the time. SportsCenter was loaded with them. Almost never see a big hit any more.

In comment 16313272 Csonka said:

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was one of the few hits to get excited about all year! Wasn't long ago there were great hits all the time. SportsCenter was loaded with them. Almost never see a big hit any more.

Yeah, it's terrible that you don't get to go gaga over a big hit because the players and league actually want players to have a normal life after they are done playing.

nailed in the chin by the crown of a helmet and knocked out, no posters here would be complaining. Yeh, right.

shock that Carter Coughlin was still on the Giants and shock that a penalty wasn't called even though it didn't look like a penalty.

So I got that going for me.

anymore. The games stink, the broadcasts are awful and the rules are ridiculous and randomly applied.

2 1:00 games here yesterday, Falcons-Jets, Chargers-Pats. 3 of the 4 teams couldn't score a TD.

Surprisingly from our crackjack Special Teams of all things.

Hopefully the front office pays that fine for Coughlin.

In comment 16313188 Mike from Ohio said:

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instead of Cam Brown. Brown's hit was worse and I was expecting a penalty on that. Coughlin's hit is just a good, hard tackle.

I think Cam Brown was fined too.

it doesn't look like Brown was fined.

That was a textbook hit. How do you fine a guy for a clean tackle? Too hard?

In comment 16313186 bronxboy said:

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leading with the crown of the helmet.

Yeah, it did look like there was some helmet to chin/head area contact.

That was a perfect NFL hit. I want to see more of that from the Giants

who gets paid about $120.000 for each special team tackle he makes.

In comment 16313366 bronxboy said:

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who gets paid about $120.000 for each special team tackle he makes.

So can I take money from you for doing your job?

they missed the call but he got fined. not seeing the issue.

In comment 16313370 bc4life said:

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they missed the call but he got fined. not seeing the issue.

I don't see obvious helmet to helmet contact there. Enough to fine someone?

Crown of Coughlin's helmet hit the returner's facemask. If it did, it should have been called.

Too bad, an inch or two lower and it was one of those old school "Whoo-licks"

but that's how I saw it

the facemask extends away from the body of the helmet. Had Coughlin come from a slightly different angle, he probably hits shoulder pads.

In comment 16313376 Eric from BBI said:

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In comment 16313370 bc4life said: Quote: they missed the call but he got fined. not seeing the issue. I don't see obvious helmet to helmet contact there. Enough to fine someone?

That's how I felt. I'm sure the league slowed it down and/or took other angles. If they saw helmet to helmet, then this is correct. I didn't see it in real time.

have the NFL send you a link from their view on the hit.

In comment 16313387 bronxboy said:

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have the NFL send you a link from their view on the hit.

You guys give the NFL wayyyy too much credit if you think there is a rhyme or a reason to how they decide fines.

Greatest thing we had on sundays in order to obtain a high ESG score.

I really hope he challenges that

In comment 16313186 bronxboy said:

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leading with the crown of the helmet.

If by crown of helmet you mean shoulder then you're correct. I enlarged it rewatched it 20 times and at no point did he lead with the crown of his helmet or any part of his helmet.

Thanks Mr. Goodell

The greatest Giants Special teams plays of all time. Let’s start a go fund me, Carter Coughlin.

Obviously the league has no clue.

All of these rules and fines are taking away the essence of the game.

This is turning into something other than football. It already has to some degree when hard hits receive flags or fines.

You cannot even breathe on a QB anymore. They took the kick return away and that was an exciting play.

Fans will leave.

The NHL did this too. The idiot commish thought they would get more fans (including women) if they could take fighting out of the game. Meanwhile, the UFC was quickly becoming more popular than the NHL at the same time... because people like to watch the violence.

Outside of ST, but when he’s out there, Carter Coughlin does a lot of good things. Very good ST player; every team needs them. Creates more than a few turnovers in his time on ST. Every team needs back of the roster guys like him. Always thought he should see the field a little more but the coaches are there every day and haven’t seen fit to give him a bigger role.

thats why they fined him.

they have been doing this all year too all players not just giants.


thats why cam browns closeline didnt get fined he didnt make any helment to helment contact.

In comment 16313611 bigbluewillrise said:

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thats why they fined him. they have been doing this all year too all players not just giants. thats why cam browns closeline didnt get fined he didnt make any helment to helment contact.

Yeah, ah, no. I do not see any helmet contact and if it did the shoulder clearly got there 1st.

The NFL has many and much better views of hit than you have.

but that looked pretty clean to me. I think he got him in the chest. Head up, which is how we were always taught to tackle. But not sure what the current rule is.