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NEW YORK -- Dunta Robinson will pay for his flagrant hit on the Eagles Jeremy Maclin. He wont be suspended. The NFL on Monday fined the Falcons cornerback US$40,000 for the hit in which he led with his helmet and crashed into Maclin in the third quarter of Atlantas 35-31 win over Philadelphia on Sunday night. Robinson was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness. The league did not suspend Robinson although it has said hits like the one he put on Maclin could lead to such action. Robinson is a repeat offender, having being fined $25,000 last year for a similar hit on the Eagles DeSean Jackson that left both players with concussions. In a letter sent to Robinson, NFL vice-president of football operations Merton Hanks noted that "future offences will result in an escalation of fines up to and including suspension." Commissioner Roger Goodell was advised of the decision, and said "we felt this was the appropriate discipline." Asked if this was an example of the hits the NFL is trying to get out of the game, Goodell said, "Theres no such thing as a perfect example. There are individual elements of each hit. Were trying to identify the techniques that will make our game safer." The league said Robinson violated Rule 12, Section 2, Article 9 (a) (2) of the playing rules, which states: "It is a foul if a player initiates unnecessary contact against a player who is in a defenceless posture." The rule notes that players in a defenceless posture include "a receiver attempting to catch a pass; or who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a runner." On the play with 6:12 left in the third quarter, the league said Robinson lowered his head and made forcible contact to the head and neck area of Maclin, who still made the catch. He was slow to leave the field but returned to the game. Robinson can appeal to former NFL coaches Art Shell and Ted Cottrell, who are paid by the league and the NFL Players Association to handle those cases. Their appeal must be heard by the second Tuesday following notification of the discipline. Replays clearly showed Robinson leading with his helmet, something the league has been adamant about eliminating. The NFL this year also banned players from launching themselves into a defenceless opponent. Falcons coach Mike Smith said after the game he thought it was a legal hit and "thats the way we teach it." "My opinion didnt change," he said Monday before the NFL made its ruling. Last October, the NFL sent head coaches memos listing those players on their teams who were called for two or more unnecessary roughness penalties since 2008. Ray Anderson, NFL executive vice-president of football operations, told The Associated Press this summer the league uses the last two seasons as criteria to determine repeat offenders. 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"Right now (hes) really not doing too much, just resting." Orpik was on the U.S. team at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and figured to be a part of the core of the group Poile expects to bring back for Sochi. If the concussion lingers and he cannot play, it would mean the loss of a veteran presence and key defensive stopper and penalty-killer. The penalty kill would also suffer if Callahan cannot recover in time, and the Rangers captain is in the most danger of that among these three. Callahan suffered a sprained ligament in his left knee in Tuesdays loss to the Predators and is expected to be out four to six weeks. That would mean a return sometime in January, after the roster deadline but before the Olympic break and before players fly to Russia. Poile listed Callahan among the U.S. teams leadership group and said "in all likelihood" all five -- Ryan Suter, Zach Parise, Dustin Brown and David Backes, additionally -- would make it. 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