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Brandon Meriweather fined $50K

Updated: October 19, 2010, 6:28 PM ET
By Mike Reiss | ESPNBoston.com

The NFL on Tuesday fined New England Patriots defensive back Brandon Meriweather $50,000 for two helmet-to-helmet hits on Baltimore Ravens tight end Todd Heap in Sunday's game. He will not be suspended.

Meriweather was flagged for a second-quarter hit on Heap, who lay on the field being attended to by Ravens medical personnel for several minutes before getting up under his own power. Heap was leaping for a Joe Flacco pass that had sailed over his head when Meriweather ...

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