Two Infractions Makes Lewis Fine $25k

Ray Lewis the linebacker of the Baltimore Ravens was fined by the NFL amounting to $25,000 on Friday for two separate plays.  It also included a helmet-to-helmet hit on Chad Ochocinco the receiver of the Cincinnati Bengals. The Ravens stated that an appeal will be filed by Lewis.  Both plays happened in the fourth quarter of the Baltimore’s 17-14 loss last Sunday.  The league considered that Lewis did not need to kick the opponent and later struck a defenseless receiver without a cause. 

On the latter play, Lewis hit Ochocinco following a pass from Palmer that was incomplete and a 15-yard penalty for pointless roughness helped in setting up the winning play that created a touchdown with only 22 seconds remaining.  Ochocinco lost his helmet in the collision, but immediately rose from the lawn.  After the game, the active receiver asked NFL commissioner Roger Goodell by using his Twitter account to for leniency and said it’s just part of the game.