Panthers Brayton Fined $15K for Hit Similar to Suspended Jets Coach

However….Alosi’s was criminal because he had been planning it and was prepared for it. I think that guy just jacked his jaw too much to Brayton earlier in the game and he decided he wanted to get a little revenge lol

That was clearly blatant and just as intentional as Sal Alosi’s trip.

Brayton should have to sit out Thursday at Pittsburgh. We need to see more Greg Hardy anyway, and this would just give us more of a reason to play Hardy.

I’m surprised with all the media attention the Alosi trip garnered, that Brayton was not more heavily punished. The league tried to sweep this one under the rug, for some reason…or it was just ignored b/c we are the Panthers….the anti-national media darlings.

Honestly, with what Alosi did, I’m surprised Brayton was not “made an example of,” to quell this sideline tripping epidemic. It happened that way with the helmet to helmet hits…there was a rash of overreaction and ridiculous fines. These sideline trips/elbows were handled much differently, and its curious.

This stuff has been going on for as long as football. Not a ton to see here, other than the fact that he got caught. Gunners should know better than to leave the field anyway. :)

He’s a vet… he should know better. Way to lead by example Tyler

Maybe Brayton was like, “get your freakin hands off my teamie” with the hit. Also how can all these people say how bad the hit was, you cant really even see the hit in this shitty video.

This was just the nail in his coffin.

He’s played awful this whole season. This is the final straw. Especially since he was voted a captain by his teammates. What a bum

I guess Brayton had to take the 2-12 frustrations out on someone. lol

Should be booked for simulation.

but pretty damn funny

“why do I have to get out of the way?” I’m 5 yards out of bounds and this guys running over here because he can’t get past his man?

..but frankly, why the heck are players allowed to run out of bounds? That’s just dumb. I’ve never understood that.

I don’t care if “football’s a physical game,” or that “things like this happen all the time,” etc.

It’s both a game and a business that has rules. The rules are there for a reason. Whether allowing the gunner to run out of bounds is stupid or not, they’re allowed to do it. In any event, I think it’s important to act with integrity and play by the rules. Period. Brayton’s actions fly in the face of that.

That was intentional (the guy ran from behind other people on the sidelines in order to get a cheap shot in), and it angers and embarrasses me as a fan. I’d be just as angry and embarrassed if I were part of the team/organization. The fact that Brayton is a captain who is supposed to lead and act as a good example makes it that much worse.

Whether the team is 2-12 or 14-0, I wouldn’t have a place for that on my team if I had any say in the matter. Yeah, the NFL fined him, but I would want to make sure that I personally sent a message to my players that cheap shots would not be tolerated. I would suspend him for one game for that shot, and then I’d let him spend most (or all) of the next game on the sidelines so that Hardy (a 6th round rookie of all people) could show Brayton how the job’s supposed to be done. It would be a win-win for us – Hardy would get valuable experience, and we’d have a more productive player on the field.

Maybe he was showing the offensive line how to block.

RARRRRRRRRR BRAYTON ANGRY!!!! BRAYTON SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!

Brayton, why did you do that? For shame.

You can’t hide from the eye in the sky. These things have gone on forever in football its just today with so many cameras and so much technology everything is visible and everything is on tape. I dont condone the actions just saying this season has seen WAY to many fines.

But it was a more manly cheap shot that Alosi’s! Just kidding! No, I don’t condone this behavior, this is absolutely unacceptable from the standpoint of player safety.

….BUT everything else aside… THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A HIT!!! I mean he really laid the smackdown on him!!

He was at the bench. It would be hard for him to see that they were even running out of bounds from the bench. Looks like he might have been going to the front to see whats happening & maybe blocked the guy from running over him. After all he was at least a couple of yards out of bounds when they hit. What 1 of you, if you thought a guy was about to run over you, wouldnt throw up an arm to ward it off? Im not saying he didnt do it intentionally or that he did. I am not saying he shouldnt be fined for it either. Im just saying, maybe it wasnt his intention when he walked to the front of the crowd, to knock a player down. This video certainly doesnt show it clear and a lot of people are bashing him for it without seeing both sides of the story.

He clearly walked up to the Owens, and elbowed him in the head.

Won’t say that I condone Brayton’s actions, but I do empathize with his added hostility towards the Falcons player. After the way that the entire Falcons team took so much pleasure and every opportunity to whoop and holler and rub it in our teams face, can’t really blame any of them for them for having had enough. It was a totally classless act, but I guess it can be as hard to be classy with a 2-12 record, much the same as it was for the Falcons to show some class with their 12-2 record. Wonder if there might be some retribution in Atlanta?

 they would be enough reason to think maybe it was a reflex action. Do you think he had time to think “hey im gonna walk up & plow a guy if he runs 5 yards out of bounds” in the time it took him to decide to go to the front ? And it definitely wasnt worse than the Jets coach 1 because the coach was right on the side of the playing field, Brayton was 5 yards off the field.

Brayton hasn’t practiced today. I doubt it’s an injury. IMO, Foxy will sit him this game. WOO HARDY!