Taylor Fined $17,000

During one of the previous Redskins' playoff runs - I think it was '91, but don't quote me on that - one of the OL (Tre Johnson I think) got tossed from a game for "improper contact with an official". That's a whole lot worse than a player spitting on another player!

The OL was suspended from the first game of the next season and not from the next playoff game.

Taylor was never in any real jorpardy of being suspended this weekend for what happened on the field last Saturday - - unless he compounded the matter with some kind of boneheadedness after the game. Fortunately, he did not; he will play.
Even for hitting an official (albeit inadvertently), Johnson's suspension was for opening game of the next season; he was allowed to play in the Tampa Divisional playoff game the following week. This was in '99.

i thought it would like a 25,000 fine.
chunk change to today,s player.
i,m just glad he,s going to be apart of this team in seattle on saturday.


i still feel like he did nothing compared to pittman.

Taylor is now a punch line. "he is gonna pull a taylor on you" "Oh no here comes a taylor fan cover your face or he will spit on you"

Taylor is stupid. He has ruined his name for a good while. WHo would vote him into the pro bowl if he just acts like a bitch.

Ouch, I was expecting $10,000


10,000?? PTI Just mentioned and I think this is a great point....Porits was fined TWENTY GRAND for wearing the wrong freaking socks, and Taylor is only fined 17G's for this?!?!?! Thats insane.

Exactly. Goes back to my point (posted somewhere else in another thread not too far away) that sportsmanship has always taken a back seat in professional football and always will. These guys, whether they are coaches, players, equipment managers, etc. are paid to win football games... period.

Anyone else worried that the relatively low fine is just a precursor to a suspension? Or is that completely ruled out and confirmed not to happen? I read that Gene Upshaw had said it's unlikely but are we for sure on that now?

it was spit in a game where people are trying to kill you... big deal :P

he'll appeal and might get a lot of the money back.

Guys, this happens in every football game. Much worse happens at the bottom of a pile after a fumble. The players, refs, and league know this. What pisses off the refs is when you do it right in front of them. Saturday Taylor learned a lesson the hard way. The good news is that he is learning.

I agree with the fine and him getting kicked out of the game if he did really spit. I've rewound the TIVO a few time and can't see where it happened. Don't you have to throw your head forward a little if you expect to hit someone with your spit? The guy really might just have rabies or something.

Don't you have to throw your head forward a little if you expect to hit someone with your spit?

Typically yes. Otherwise you dribble on your chin or hit your own shoe. I could've seen that call too- "Unsportsmanlike Conduct #21 defense, dribbling in the direction of an opponent, 15 yds and game ejection". Seriously though, either the post-bitchsmack spit or the spray it when ya say it theories seem to work best for me. Either way Taylor plays next Saturday and the Seattle offense will be equipped with clear plastic face guards. :laughing2

Either way Taylor plays next Saturday and the Seattle offense will be equipped with clear plastic face guards. :laughing2

Will they install windshield wipers?