Dashon Goldson fined again by NFL

By Jeff Adcox | Dec 27, 2013

Dec 22, 2013; St. Louis, MO, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers free safety Dashon Goldson (38) hits St. Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey (12) during the second half at the Edward Jones Dome. The Rams defeated the Buccaneers 23-13. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /

Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Dashon Goldson was fined again by the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit. This time it was to the tune of $60,000 for an illegal hit against St. Louis Rams receiver Steadman Bailey. The play happened in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s 23-13 loss.

#Bucs S Dashon Goldson fined $60K for a helmet-to-helmet hit a defenseless #Rams receiver -- again. Not suspended, though
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 27, 2013

Goldson has been fined multiple times in his career and was already suspended once this season for a hit on Falcons wide receiver Roddy White. In Week 2 of the season, a suspension following a hit on Saints running back Darren Sproles was reduced to a $100,000 fine.

According to NFL vice president of football operations Merton Hanks, Goldson made no attempt to make a clean hit on Sproles.

"“It is clear that you lowered your head and unnecessarily rammed the left side of your helmet into the left side of your opponent’s head,” Hanks wrote in a letter to Goldson informing him of the suspension. “You delivered a forceful blow with your helmet and made no attempt whatsoever to wrap up your opponent or make a conventional tackle on the play. This illegal contact clearly could have been avoided.”"

So far this season, Goldson has been fined $190,000 for unnecessary roughness.