Topic: Brandon Meriweather

NFL cuts fine for Falcons' Robinson by $25K, takes $10K off Patriots' Meriweather's fineThe NFL has reduced the fines for Atlanta's Dunta Robinson and New England's Brandon Meriweather, both cited for flagrant hits against defenseless receivers.Robinson's fine ...

Longer season carries injury risks: NFL players

TORONTO (Reuters) - Proposals to extend the National Football League (NFL) season by two games have not been thought through and could lead to more injuries and curtailed careers, say players."What type of effect does two more games have on your body ...

Brandon Meriweather

National Football League safety Brandon Meriweather currently plays for the New England Patriots . Meriweather was drafted out of the University of Miami, FL 24th overall by the Patriots in the 2007 NFL Draft . He recorded 27 tackles his rookie season, including 18 ...

Defensive Interference

The NFL has made a well-publicized effort to educate teams about concussions and to stop helmet-to-helmet or any other types hits which will lead to a concussion. Despite this effort, Steelers OLB James Harrison was fined $75,000 for a hit on ...
NFL praise for Meriweather's clean play seems unique in Belichick's long coaching careerPatriots coach Bill Belichick can't remember a league official praising a player the way Brandon Meriweather has been praised for playing cleanly.NFL executive vice president of ...
NFL praises players, including Meriweather and Harrison for clean play SundayThe NFL has praised players, specifically Brandon Meriweather and James Harrison, for their clean play Sunday after the league cracked down on illegal hits.Ray Anderson, the league's football operations chief ...

Meriweather sorry for his hit

Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather apologizes for hit on Todd Heap that got him $50,000 fineNew England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather is sorry for his helmet-on-helmet hit on Todd Heap.Meriweather picked up a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness in Sunday's ...
The NFL has fined but not suspended three players for dangerous hits in Sunday's games.. The league announced Tuesday that the Pittsburgh Steelers' James Harrison was docked $75,000 while the New England Patriots' Brandon Meriweather and the Atlanta Falcons' Dunta ...
The NFL will immediately begin suspending players for dangerous and flagrant hits that violate rules, particularly those involving helmets.. Suspensions will be in place for this weekend's games and could be handed out for hits that took place last Sunday, vice ...
The NFL had been talking tough the past 24 hours about suspending players who had been making illegal hits on defenseless players, but no suspensions were handed down Tuesday. Linebacker James Harrison (Pittsburgh Steelers), cornerback Dunta Robinson (Atlanta Falcons) and free safety ...