Texans DE Antonio Smith could be in big trouble after escalation of feud with Dolphins OG Richie Incognito

Antonio Smith could be in a lot of trouble. (Eric Gay/AP) The history between Houston Texans defensive end Antonio Smith and Miami Dolphins guard Richie

Doug Farrar | Aug 19, 2013

Texans DE Antonio Smith could be in big trouble after escalation of feud with Dolphins OG Richie Incognito /

Antonio Smith could be in a lot of trouble. (Eric Gay/AP)

The history between Houston Texans defensive end Antonio Smith and Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito is not pleasant at all, and after what happened in the Texans' 24-17 preseason victory Saturday, it could become a lot more unpleasant for Smith.

On Fox Sports One's "Fox Football Daily" show, NFL analyst Jay Glazer showed exclusive video of Smith reacting to a borderline block from Incognito by ripping off Ingocnito's helmet and taking a swing at him. In Week 1 of the 2012 season, the Texans and Dolphins faced off, and Smith was fined $21,000 for kicking Incognito. The fine was reduced to $11,000 on appeal, and Smith claimed he kicked Incognito to stop him from twisting his ankle.

"I talked to Richie about this today," Glazer said on the show. "He said, 'Luckily, I saw it coming and ducked down, and he got me in the shoulder instead of the face. But had he gotten me in the face, he could have killed me.' So, he's outraged. Antonio Smith was outraged last year when he was on the bottom of the pile and Richie was twisting his ankle around."

Mike Pereira, the FOX rules analyst and former NFL VP of Officiating, compared this to an incident that took place between then-Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode on Oct. 1, 2006. Haynesworth ripped off Gurode's helmet at the end of a play in the third quarter and stomped on Gurode's head, causing an injury that required 30 stitches to repair. Haynesworth was ejected from the game and received a five-game suspension from the league.

"They look at it as a non-football act," Pereira said. "This pulling off of the helmet and actually taking a swing -- they'll be more aggressive with their discipline."

No penalty was called on Saturday's helmet swing.

Evan Dietrich-Smith

Published Aug 19, 2013

DOUG FARRAR

SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009, Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine. He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.