In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, photo, Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. Reed was suspended for one game by the NFL on Monday, Nov. 19, for repeated hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, photo, Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. Reed was suspended for one game by the NFL on Monday, Nov. 19, for repeated hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, photo, Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed runs onto the field prior to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. Reed was suspended for one game by the NFL on Monday, Nov. 19, for repeated hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
In this Oct. 14, 2012, photo, Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed runs onto the field for the Ravens' NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Baltimore. Reed has been suspended for one game by the NFL for repeated violations of rules prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players. The 11-year veteran will miss Sunday's game against San Diego. Reed is suspended for three violations of the player safety rules in the past three seasons. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ? Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed has avoided a one-game suspension for late hits after an appeal. He instead will be fined $50,000.
Reed was suspended for one game without pay on Monday by NFL vice president of football operations Merton Hanks for his third violation in three seasons of the rule prohibiting helmet-to-helmet hits against defenseless players. The third violation occurred in Sunday night's game at Pittsburgh; Reed's hit to the head of receiver Emmanuel Sanders.
Reed appealed the ruling, and hearing officer Ted Cottrell on Tuesday reduced the penalty.
In a letter to Reed, Cottrell wrote: "I have determined that your actions were egregious and warrant significant discipline. However, I do not believe that your actions were so egregious as to subject you to a one-game suspension without pay."
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