Edited sentence: He hits the defender hard, causing Keith Rivers a broken jaw, and Ed Reed a concussion.He is not flagged for these hits during the game, but is later on fined by the NFL by saying it was a dirty hit.Hines Ward has a tendency to hit defenders with a hit called the crackback or the crack block, hits by coming back to block a tackler when they are not looking.Many sports shows such as Pardon The Interruption and Around The Horn say that the hits are legal and he should not be fined.Steelers safety Troy Polamalu says that the NFL is becoming a pansy league by fining Hines Ward everytime he makes a hard hit