Williams Fined $15K For Second Horse-Collar Tackle

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ESPN - 10/12 - 8:49 PM EST (AP Photo)

For the second time this season (and the third time in two years), Dallas Cowboys strong safety Roy Williams, whose persistent use of the so-called "horse-collar" tackle, has been fined by the league for using the illegal technique. The NFL banned the dangerous maneuver in 2005.

Williams was fined $15,000 on Friday for a hit that he made on Buffalo rookie tailback Marshawn Lynch in Monday night's victory over the Bills. Earlier this season, the league fined Williams $12,500 for a horse-collar tackle on tight end Desmond Clark in the Sept. 23 game against the Chicago Bears.

By fining Williams for his actions in the Monday game, the league unwittingly conceded that the officiating crew led by referee Peter Morelli erred in its call by imposing just a five-yard facemask penalty on the Dallas safety.
 
WTF is wrong with dude anyway? He literally broke T.O's leg with that tackle and got away with it multiple times before and after that incident. Now he's still doing it, after being fined? You know, I've noticed how overrated the guy is over the years too. Yea he can hit like a linebacker, but his coverage is suspect at best.
 
it hasn't been a game this season where he HASN'T done a horse collar type tackle.

the only reason he got away with the others is because the rule makers have that STUPID DUMB ASS distinction about whether or not his hand is inside or outside the jersey.

didn't they consider that he can still horse collar a player with his hand OUTSIDE the jersey?
 
Football is an unsafe game. That's been a given from the day the sport was born.
There is no such thing as a "safe" hit. Each and every hit can be fatal....

to the hitter as well as the hittee
 
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