Source: NFL does not fine Bears CB Kyle Fuller for hit in Panthers game

Bears star cornerback Kyle Fuller has been penalized six times this season, including two personal fouls for unnecessary roughness, and been fined $25,000. But the NFL deemed his controversial hit on Panthers wide receiver Keith Kirkwood not worthy of a fine, a source said.

With the Bears up 10-3 late in the second quarter, Kirkwood caught a 12-yard pass going across the middle before Fuller blasted him and knocked the ball loose for an incompletion.

Fuller immediately protested the call because he hit Kirkwood shoulder-to-shoulder, as the replay confirmed, and it appears the league agrees with him that it should not have been a penalty.

Fuller said Saturday he thought it was called incorrectly.

The only other significant penalty in the game was Panthers defensive end Efe Obada drawing a flag for roughing the passer on Nick Foles that added 13 yards to a 23-yard pass from Foles to Allen Robinson. Obada apparently was flagged for hitting Foles high and driving him to the ground, but he was not fined, a source said.