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| 9th January, 2006 - 6:43 pm |  ESPN.com - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor was fined $17,000 for spitting in the face of Michael Pittman during Saturday's 17-10 wild-card win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The fine is equivalent to Taylor's game check for the wild-card game.
Taylor spit at Pittman as the two stood face-to-face after a 3-yard scramble by quarterback Chris Simms in the third quarter. Pittman hit Taylor in retaliation, but referee Mike Carey announced there would be no penalty on Pittman.
"There was a lot of trash-talking the whole time," Pittman said Saturday. "He spit in my face, no man is going to spit in my face. I have a lot of respect for Sean Taylor, but no respect no more. My initial reaction was, just hit him in the face. He'd be a lot worse if it was on the street."
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