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FOR USE AS DESIRED GREEN BAY PACKERS & MINNESOTA VIKINGS FINES ANNOUNCED The following players have been fined for their actions in the fourth quarter of the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game last Sunday (12/8), the NFL announced today. Green Bay Packers · Safety ANTUAN EDWARDS – $5,000 for unnecessary roughness (striking his opponent after he had taken a knee, declaring himself down). · Cornerback MIKE MC KENZIE – $5,000 for unnecessary roughness (striking an opponent who was obviously out of the play). · Linebacker NATE WAYNE – $5,000 for unnecessary roughness (striking an opponent in the back). Minnesota Vikings · Tight end HUNTER GOODWIN – $10,000 for unnecessary roughness (leaving the bench and unnecessarily striking an opponent). · Tight end JIM KLEINSASSER – $10,000 for unnecessary roughness (leaving the bench and unnecessarily striking an opponent). · Wide receiver CHRIS WALSH – $5,000 for unnecessary roughness (jumping on an opponent rather than pursuing the ball carrier). Player fines collected by the NFL are contributed in equal amounts to the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund, the Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, ALS Neuromuscular Research Foundation, and the NFLPA Players Assistance Trust. |