Clay Matthews’ Wallet is $17K Lighter

We don’t usually give a shit about the arbitrary fines doled out by The Ginger Hammer and his pals, but this one is pretty substantial. Clay Matthews was fined $17,363 for a crown of the helmet hit on Nick Foles, last Sunday.No penalty was called on the play, but Rams coach Jeff Fisher was quick to complain at length about it after the game.

Matthews must have had an idea the fine was coming. He gave us the old, “No ragrets, know what I’m sayin’?” earlier this week.

“When you play hard, you have no regrets,” Matthews said. “And that’s kind of how I play, whether it’s a facemask or a low hit on a quarterback. I don’t think anybody intentionally, especially myself, goes out there and tries to…