The NFL fined Giants offensive tackle James Hudson for an unnecessary roughness penalty on the team’s first drive Sunday. Hudson will lose $12,172 from his paycheck.

Hudson was flagged four times — including two personal fouls — on the Giants’ opening drive in the loss to Dallas. It included a open hand slap of Cowboys edge rusher James Houston’s head.

Coach Brian Daboll called it a “technique” issue,” and Hudson called it an accident.

“The club, I obviously didn’t mean to do it on purpose,” Hudson said this week, via Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News . “If you watch the play, the guy was falling, so I mean my hand was higher a little bit.”

The NFL disagreed (as did anyone else who watched the play).

The Giants signed Hudson to a two-year, $12 million contract with $6 milli

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