Under that logic, you get the idea that any tackle is alright to do as long as you commit to the tackle and you follow through it right? Yet just a couple of weeks later, Julius Peppers gets penalized for unnecessary roughness and a fine later called on him for tackling Matt Ryan as soon as he threw the football, negating a interception return for a TD that drew lots of attention to that particular play and made the whole stadium furious. This completely opposes the following philosophy established in the previous game and leaves Panther players scratching their heads. How can you go for a tackle on a Quarterback if you always face the risk of him throwing the ball and getting called for a penalty? The NFL later defined this penalty as Julius Peppers "Leading with his shoulder but then hit Matt Ryan in the head." http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20081003/ca_pr_on_fo/nfl_peppers_fined_2

At some point you have to step back and realize that this is a manly sport. This isn't a game for little girls. People are going to get hit and bones will be broken. This is such a violent sport that you can't play this game professionally unless you really enjoy doing it. You play it because you love to hit people, love to put people on the ground, run into the endzone after making a big catch and all of that good stuff. Yet as you look around the league, you see goofy contrasting calls like the two I just showed you and fines being sent out for simple silly things like dancing in the endzone. The fines on endzone dances are especially stupid, because you're starting to fine someone for celebrating what he does for a living. As long as he isn't spurting out gang signs or shooting the moon, why do they really care?

Unless of course they're passing out fines just to get money.