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Dan Wiederer began covering the Vikings in 2011, enthusiastically delivering insight on the team across the Star Tribune's print and digital products. Prior to joining the Access Vikings team, he spent seven seasons covering ACC basketball at The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. He also covered the Chicago Bears in 2003 and 2004. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
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Edwards fined $20,000 for spearing
Posted by: Chip Scoggins under Vikings, Vikings players, Bernard Berrian, Ray Edwards Updated: October 22, 2010 - 3:22 PM
Vikings defensive end Ray Edwards said he was fined $20,000 by the NFL on Friday for spearing Dallas running back Marion Barber this past Sunday.
Edwards was not called for a penalty, and he said he doesn't believe he should have been fined.
"I just got fined $20,000 for a spear that really wasn't a spear," Edwards said. "If you look at the last play, [Dallas tackle Marc] Colombo speared Jared [Allen] and I don't believe he got fined. If you're going to fine people fine everybody. Don't just fine defensive guys. Because I'm pretty sure you can go back through our last five games and find something in every game that offensive linemen did to us that wasn't legal, grabbing our facemasks or doing this and that. But it doesn't get called and they don't get fined."
A league spokesman said Edwards was fined that amount because he is a repeat offender. He was fined earlier this season for roughing the passer and unnecessary roughness.
Edwards has been fined on multiple occasions the past few seasons, including a $25,000 payment for a pair of plays that were considered unnecessary roughness after a 2008 loss to the Bucs.
Edwards said his fine total for this season is now $32,500.
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