18. Brandon Meriweather – Patriots, Redskins, Giants & Bears:
Meriweather was a dangerous safety who played with no regard for other players. For example, he was fined $50,000 for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Todd Heap in 2010. He was then fined another $20,000 for a similar hit on the aforementioned Steve Smith and $25,000 for a late hit against the Detroit Lions.
Later in his career when he signed with the Washington Redskins, he was suspended for two games after illegal hits on Chicago Bears Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. His response to the hits was shocking, as he claimed, “I guess I just got to take people’s knees out. That’s the only way. I would hate to end a guy’s career over a rule, but I guess it’s better other people than me getting suspended for longer. You just have to go low now, man. You’ve got to end people’s careers. You got to tear people’s ACLs and mess up people’s knees. You can’t hit them high anymore.”
Yeesh.