LBs Levy, Weatherspoon both fined for hits

Detroit linebacker DeAndre Levy (right) is one of the most adventurous NFL players.

NEW YORK — Three linebackers — Detroit’s DeAndre Levy, Atlanta’s Sean Weatherspoon and Green Bay’s Clay Matthews — each have been fined $15,750 by the NFL for on-field incidents.

Levy was fined for a helmet-first hit on Packers tight end Ryan Taylor on Thanksgiving Day. He was penalized for unnecessary roughness, and the league fined him Friday.

From the same game, Matthews was punished for a helmet hit.

Weatherspooon was docked for leading with his helmet and driving into the chest of Bills quarterback EJ Manuel.

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