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IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams has been
fined for the second time this season for a "horse-collar"
tackle. The NFL fined Williams $15,000 for a tackle against running back
Marshawn Lynch in Monday night's game at Buffalo. Williams, a
former standout at Oklahoma, drew a penalty on the play, but the
flag was for an incidental facemask and not the tackle. After a similar tackle against Chicago tight end Desmond Clark
last month, Williams was fined $12,500. Cornerback Terence Newman was fined $5,000 for a
helmet-to-helmet hit against Lynch on the same play for which
Williams was penalized. In 2005, the NFL outlawed "horse-collar" tackles, when a
defender grabs the back inside of an opponent's shoulder pads and
yanks the player down. Terrell Owens, then playing for Philadelphia, tore two ankle
ligaments and broke his leg after being dragged down by Williams in
a game in 2004. That was one of the plays that led the technique
being outlawed.
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