Bad Break: Keion White’s Bears Matchup Uncertain After…
The NFL fined New England Patriots defensive end Keion White $22,511 for a horse-collar tackle that occurred in Sunday’s loss to the Tennessee Titans.
This was White’s third fine of the season, and second for a horse-collar tackle. He currently has had to pay $42,183.
In the second quarter, White tackled Titans running back Tony Pollard, but was flagged for an unnecessary roughness penalty.
According to the NFL rules, “No player shall grab the inside collar of the back or the side of the shoulder pads or jersey, or grab the jersey at the name plate or above, and pull the runner toward the ground. This does not apply to a runner who is in the tackle box or to a quarterback who is in the pocket.”
During the game, the penalty is a loss of 15-yard and an automatic first down. Players are then subject to fines afterwards.
And that has now happened to White twice.
In the Patriots’ Week 5 loss to the Miami Dolphins, White was flagged for a horse-collar tackle and a roughing the passer call (blow to the head/neck). The fines were $9,836.00 each, reaching a total of $19,672.
“I’m going to still be aggressive regardless,” White said back in October. “You get penalties in football. I don’t really stress it.”
White is known as a player who leaves it all out on the field. He doesn’t say much, but he doesn’t have to. He speaks through his play style.
“That’s just the mentality of my style of play that I choose to have,” White explained about his mindset to be aggressive after Week 5. “I feel like everybody’s quick to criticize when the aggressiveness get a penalty, but really like it when the aggressiveness makes big plays.
“So you got to take the bad with the good. I really don’t care, to be honest. I’m just going to keep doing that.”
And he has lived up to that for sure.
