GREEN BAY, Wis. – There were 150 plays during Sunday’s Green Bay Packers’ wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
None were bigger than the first.
On the opening kickoff, former Packers linebacker Oren Burks drilled Keisean Nixon. Nixon fumbled – “an absolutely clean hit,” Fox’s Tom Brady said during the broadcast – and the Eagles recovered, with the Eagles turning the turnover into a touchdown a few plays later.
The NFL has fined #Eagles LB Oren Burks $8,333 for unnecessary roughness (use of helmet) on his hit on #Packers KR Keisean Nixon that caused a fumble during the opening kickoff last week.