Mundy Fined 21k

Source: Ryan Mundy fined $21K



Updated: September 26, 2012, 2:41 PM ET

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] safety [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] was fined $21,000 for his hit on [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wide receiver [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] last Sunday, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

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Ed Szczepanski/US PresswireRaiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey was hospitalized as a result of Ryan Mundy's helmet-to-helmet hit Sunday.


Heyward-Bey was released from the hospital on Monday, a day after being knocked out by Mundy's helmet-to-helmet hit, and is expected to make a full recovery.

Heyward-Bey suffered a concussion and a strained neck on the scary hit that stopped the game Sunday for more than 10 minutes as Heyward-Bey had to regain consciousness before being carted off the field and taken to the hospital.

There was no penalty called on the play by the replacement officials.

On Monday, coach Dennis Allen said Heyward-Bey sounded tired when he talked with him and there is no word on when he will be cleared to return to the field.

"The concussion is obviously the bigger issue than anything else right now," Allen said. "He's a guy that we're going to have to continue to evaluate and see where he's at. We were all pleased to see that it wasn't anything severe as far as neck injury or anything like that."

The injury happened early in the fourth quarter of Oakland's 34-31 victory. Heyward-Bey was running across the end zone to catch a pass from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] when Mundy launched his body and lowered his helmet into Heyward-Bey's facemask.

Heyward-Bey's neck jerked violently and his head also crashed into the ground as he lost consciousness. The pass was incomplete.

Mundy said after the game that he did not intentionally lead with his helmet and felt bad that another player was injured.

Allen said he did not believe there was any intent to injure on Mundy's part.

"It's the game of football," Allen said. "I don't think people are trying to go out there and hurt people. The safety was playing the game fast and physical. It's a tough game to play when you're making split-second decisions on how you play the game. It's the unfortunate things that happen in this game but we move on from it."

TASK wrote:IT WAS A NORMAL HIT TO TRY AND PREVENT A CATCH ... SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES OVER THE YEARS ... ITS CALLED "FOOTBALL" .. ITS A DANGEROUS SPORT ... ITS WHY THEY GET PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS



THE STEELERS EPITOMIZE CLEAN HARD HITTING FOOTBALL



STEELER PLAYERS DO IT FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME .... THEY DON'T HAVE DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS LIKE THE NEW ORLEAN SAINTS OFFERING MONEY AND POOLS PAID TO THE GUY WHO PUTS A WR OUT OF THE GAME ... AN EXTRA 10 GRAND IF HE LEAVES ON A STRETCHER



THIS IS STEELER FOOTBALL ... GET USED TO IT, OR GO HOME.

Good thing you're not the commish with your BS views...All those "Clean hits" as you like to call them, would have 3/4 of the WRs in the league in wheelchairs and drooling into a cup for life. It would be comical though watching you get your head crushed going over the middle...I'd pay top dollar for that!! LOL...I bet then, you'd be crying then that someone needs fined....LMAO!!!