Nov 30th 2008 11:00PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, Steelers, AFC East, NFL Fans, NFL InjuriesI’m pretty sure the NFL Collections Department might make an example out of Steelers safety Ryan Clark. Late in the third quarter, with Pittsburgh leading 23-10, Clark leveled a defenseless Wes Welker, who would stagger to the sidelines and not return to the game. In fairness, “defenseless” doesn’t begin to describe what happened; it was about a bazillion times worse than that.
Clark was rightly flagged for unnecessary roughness on the play, and there’s a great chance he becomes the first player to incur a seven-figure fine*, courtesy of Commissar Goodell. That Clark was penalized for a similar transgression earlier this season against the the Jags’ Matt Jones probably doesn’t help his case.
On the upside, at least he didn’t try to honor Sean Taylor while violating the league’s dress code, so there’s that.
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