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Dominic Raiola is going to be $10,000 lighter after being fined for a shot at Zach Moore. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Dominic Raiola thought he’d gotten off scot-free for his cheap shots on Zach Moore.
Not so fast.
The NFL announced Wednesday that the Lions offensive lineman would be fined $10,000 for a shot to the back of Moore’s head late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 34-9 win over the Patriots, according to this report from MLive.com.
That runs counter to the statements from Raiola about the incident.
“There’s no fine,” Raiola initially told reporters. “It’s during the game. I don’t know about regrets, I don’t live life with regrets. I didn’t intentionally try to hurt anybody. I didn’t try to do anything out of the ordinary.
“So, just play the game,” he added. “I didn’t make it a big deal, everybody else did.”
According to NFL spokesman Michael Signora, Raiola violated Rule 12, Section 2, Article 12(c) of the NFL Rule Book which prohibits “striking, swinging at, or clubbing the head, neck, or face of an opponent with the wrist(s), arm(s), elbow(s), or hand(s).”
Moore shrugged off the incident on Monday, but Patriots coach Bill Belichick took a shot at Raiola, saying there was likely some “frustration” on the part of the Detroit center, as he hadn’t beaten the Patriots in his 14-year career.
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