The NFL has fined Eagles safety Brian Dawkins $50,000 for his third-quarter hit on Giants WR Ike Hilliard on Monday night, ESPN's John Clayton reported. Dawkins will not be suspended. The play came in the third quarter of Philadelphia's 17-3 win
Monday night. After a pass went over Hilliard's head, Dawkins
leveled him with a hit to the chest, separating the receiver's
shoulder. The league has re-emphasized its policy this week against
helmet-to-helmet and other dangerous hits. On Wednesday, Dallas safety Darren Woodson was fined $75,000 for
a hit on Seattle's Darrell Jackson last Sunday. "I know my intent on that play,'' Dawkins said. "It was a
split-second thing. It's real hard to just make yourself stop in
the middle of a full-out sprint. I'm not a dirty player by no sense
of the imagination. It's one of those things that happened. "I was upset he was out for the season. You want to deliver a
message, you want to deliver big hits, but you never want to put
somebody out like that. I really felt for him when I heard that.'' The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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