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It’s not very often that you see an offensive player get fined for an illegal hit to the head of a defensive player, but that is the case for Bucs’ starting left tackle Donovan Smith. Smith was fined $28,075 on Friday for a hit to the head on Rams cornerback Marcus Peters from Sunday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The play occurred in the fourth quarter of Bucs game against the Rams after an interception was thrown by Bucs’ quarterback Jameis Winston was returned for a touchdown by Peters. Right as Peters was close to crossing into the end zone, Smith attempted to prevent Peters from making the score and hit him up high just near the goal line in a big collision. This made the score 45-40 at the time before the Bucs went on to win 55-40. Peters suffered a concussion on the play.

Here is a video of the hit that Smith was fined for.

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