Jon Bostic on the hunt. (Getty Photos)
When Bears rookie Jon Bostic unleashed a hit that knocked San Diego large receiver Mike Willie midway to Dubuque, the Bears exulted, thrilled that their newest addition was making an immediate, yes, impact.
“It form of appeared Lance Briggs-esque,” defensive finish Corey Wootton stated, according to the Chicago Tribune. “It was a heck of a success. Everyone said, ‘That is mini-Lance over there.”’
Turns out the NFL apparently wasn’t fairly as impressed. Briggs himself reported some unfortunate information for Bostic on Twitter:
To drive the purpose residence, he referred to the hit that put Miami’s Dustin Keller out for the season:
The NFL has not yet confirmed the tremendous. However, if it stands, and Bostic doesn’t win an appeal, the positive would symbolize 5 p.c of his annual wage and virtually one full sport’s pay ($23,823 earlier than taxes) for the rookie. In other phrases, Bostic should pay to play in his first NFL sport. One may assume, then, that a number of the Bears veterans would possibly kick in a pair bucks to help their newest starter.
Also of word: the NFL had previously referred to Bostic’s hit as a “spectacular tackle” in each the headline and text surrounding video of the hit; the “spectacular” has been faraway from the headline and changed with “onerous-hitting” within the textual content. Acquired to keep on-message, you already know.
Lance Briggs says the NFL fined Jon Bostic $21K for his bone-rattling hit against San Diego
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