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New England Patriots' Danny Amendola makes dirty hit against Kansas City Chiefs

By Alex Butler

FOXBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Even though he was the one who laid the knock in Saturday's first divisional playoff game, it could be Danny Amendola that gets hit...in the wallet.

After the New England Patriots forced a punt from the Kansas City Chiefs in the second quarter, Amendola stood back to receive. But the punt sailed over his head, giving Chiefs cornerback Jamell Fleming time to get back and catch the ball for good field position.

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As Flemming waited for the football to drop, Amendola turned around and lowered his helmet, launching himself high onto Fleming and clashing with his helmet.

The unnecessary roughness flag resulted in a penalty of just a little more than a yard, due to the field position. After a brief skirmish between both teams, quarterback Tom Brady led the team on an 11-play, 98-yard scoring drive to take a 14-3 lead.

The Patriots now lead 27-13 with 7:38 remaining in the game.

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The NFL fined four players and two coaches $83,665 for penalties committed last week in the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals wild-card game, according to ESPN.

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