Buffalo Bills' Danny Batten Fined $15K For Late Hit

by Brian Galliford on Oct 15, 2011 9:10 AM EDT in Buffalo Bills News

On the second play of the second quarter in last week's 31-24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, the Buffalo Bills forced an incomplete Michael Vick pass on third down to thwart a scoring chance and force a lengthy field goal try. Instead, a late hit on Vick made by second-year outside linebacker Danny Batten was flagged for a personal foul, Philadelphia's drive continued, and the Eagles scored a touchdown four plays later to tie the game at seven.

Now, according to Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com, that hit will cost Batten more than just a drive-ending play; PFT reports that the South Dakota State product has been fined $15,000 for the hit to Vick's head.

It's a stiff fine for a first-time offender, but though Batten doesn't strike us as a dirty player, his hit on Vick was egregious, unnecessary and can certainly be labeled dirty. Batten will be in the starting lineup for a second straight week tomorrow when the Bills visit the New York Giants.

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That Hit.....

Was for the poor doggie named Spot.

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by The Buffalo Kid on Oct 15, 2011 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

Uhh,

too soon

by bloppy_ploppy on Oct 15, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions

That was such a frustrating play.

But thats going to put quite a dent in his income. He cant be making too much, compared to other players that is.

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by bflo on Oct 15, 2011 9:21 AM EDT reply actions

It’s cause it’s micheal vick. The NFL wants to protect such an exciting explosive player. People watch football just to see him play. They gotta protect their money maker, just like they protect Brady.

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by J0ckam0 on Oct 15, 2011 9:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Not a bit of cynical paranoia contained in that sentence. Nope…

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by J0ckam0 on Oct 15, 2011 10:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I agree they like to protect their star players...

but that would would have been called on anyone. It was wicked late and he lead his his head, into Vicks facemask. It was blatant.

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by bflo on Oct 15, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

^^ This! ^^

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by ChuckBuffInFlo on Oct 15, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Not surprised he was fined.

He took a few steps after the throw was gone and led with his head.

by TedWashington'sRobotDance on Oct 15, 2011 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't like that kind of play, but I doubt very much that is was intentional.

Still it was worthy of the fine and more could be expected by anyone in the future. The thing I thought was What a message by young Danny Batten. After all the pleading by Vick to the media and his O-Line for more protection, Danny still got a hat on him. Fortunately, Vick wasn’t hurt nor was Batten physically, but the message was sent and soon the picks started to come. Probably wasn’t by design but that hit was felt through out the game.

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by VanScottM on Oct 15, 2011 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

Football

I think it was that great humanitarian Dick Butkis that said,“They oughtta just give quarterbacks dresses.” Agreed. And the receivers? They should have to cross the middle against “Night Train” Lane. Of course, my perfect game is 7 to zip with the Billies winning and Freddy “Action” Jackson running for 110 yards and with three passes all game. Total. For both teams.

Also, kickers should HAVE to be regular, full time players. Like Lou “the Toe” Groza. And ban soccer style kicking. It is freakin’ un-American.

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by frcorny on Oct 15, 2011 11:35 AM EDT reply actions

GET OFF MY LAWN! :)

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by crooked5 on Oct 15, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

And players have to walk 10 miles to the game, uphill both ways, through the snow. And they should LIKE it!

by mxsd on Oct 15, 2011 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah! That's the ticket!

Chuck Bednarick woulda done so. And bee proud of it.

by frcorny on Oct 15, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions

would that have been called if it was on fits

Maybe this year but I seen it last year with no calls and its football your going to get hit that’s y they get payed so much

by justin1 on Oct 15, 2011 12:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Yes it would have.

It was horribly late.

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by twoeightnine on Oct 15, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Well deserved fine

Just for giving the Eagles a first down via Batten’s stupidity, even if the hit wasn’t late or illegal—which it very clearly was.

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by Ron From NM on Oct 15, 2011 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

It was a young player who is basically a rookie make a bad mistake because he was excited. He felt really bad about what he did. Moats was out to dinner with him and batten would not smile. He was really hard on himself about what he did. Moats asked bills fans to tweet batten and cheer him up. lots of fans tweeted him and made him feel better. Batten is not a dirty player in by book it was just one bad play. I do believe fines should be based on a % of your game check. Fining batten 15k is alot more than when you fine james harrison 15-25k for the same play.

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by matthew62 on Oct 15, 2011 1:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I also thought...

that he regretted it the second after he did it. But, the thing I like about this group of Bills – none of them applauded the hit, nor did they yell at him. They just disapproved of it quietly, let him deal with it himself. There seems to be an unspoken respect with this group of players.

by mxsd on Oct 15, 2011 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs