Vince Wilfork fined $30K

Vince Wilfork's instinct to protect his teammates cost him $30,000.

The NFL fined the New England defensive tackle for hitting Jacksonville offensive lineman Steve Vallos in the back of the head during Sunday's following a Patrick Chung interception.

Vallos hit Patriots defensive end Trevor Scott from behind near the end of the play, sending him to the ground, and afterward Wilfork said he was sticking up for his teammate. He was flagged for unnecessary roughness.

"That was protecting my teammate, plain and simple," Wilfork said. "You're not going to sit right in front of me and take a cheap shot at my guy with me standing behind you, that won't fly. Plain and simple. I'll probably get penalized for it, I did, but at the same time, you'll never see me letting my teammates just get cheap-shotted like that with me standing right there."


(masslive.com)