Ravens’ Haloti Ngata Kicks Redskins Player, Blames ‘Heat Of The Moment’ (Video)
The NFL’s conduct office might be placing a call to Haloti Ngata this week.
During the Saturday’s Baltimore Ravens preseason game, television cameras caught the five-time All-Pro defensive lineman kicking Washington Redskins guard Shawn Lauvao after an Alfred Morris run.
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Ngata wasn’t penalized for the kick, which came after Lauvao plowed over Ravens cornerback Dominique Franks, but he could be looking at a fine.
“When I saw Lauvao do that, I kind of was just pissed that he was doing that and just nudged him,” Ngata said after the game, via The Baltimore Sun. “Kind of a heat-of-the-moment thing. That was the only thing. I was just trying to protect my player.
“No disrespect to Shawn because we know each other. It was the heat of the moment, and just was mad that he tried a late hit.”
Ngata has been a rock on Baltimore’s defensive line for the better part of a decade now, playing in 123 of a possible 128 games since entering the league in 2006.
