As one of the perks of being Adrian Peterson backup, Toby Gerhart gets to take most of the firstteam reps at running back during fullcontact action. Unfortunately for Gerhart, that put him in the crosshairs for several big hits this week. In 11on11 shortyardage work Thursday, Gerhart absorbed huge shots on consecutive plays.You look at the EaglesRavens preseason game, it was just a yawner, Harbaugh said. Wasn very impressed with it the first week. And fans were critical as well when they got to see the rule in realtime application.

News of the fine wasn't known yesterday when an emotional Wilfork defended his actions and reputation. He said the hit was unintentional and that he deeply resented being characterized as a dirty player. Wilfork blamed a misinterpretation of the comments he made on WEEI Monday, when he said he expected to be fined and that he wasn't "losing any sleep over it," for part of the negative backlash..The report card also notes that the rate