Micheal Clemons wasn’t involved in the scrum when it first started. He was stationed on the outside, watching the cluster of Jets and Dolphins descend into a chaotic sequence of shoves early in the fourth quarter.
Micheal Clemons wasn’t involved in the scrum when it first started.
He was stationed on the outside, watching the cluster of Jets and Dolphins descend into a chaotic sequence of shoves early in the fourth quarter.
But when Clemons entered and got involved, it ended with the defensive lineman’s arm striking umpire Carl Paganelli in the face — causing the official to spit up blood — and with him getting ejected.
Robert Saleh described it as “inadvertent” contact, with Paganelli crossing Clemons’ path as he appeared to point toward Miami offensive lineman Lester Cotton, but it still turned into one of four personal fouls committed by the Jets in their 34-13 loss Friday at MetLife Stadium.
“He’s pointing and he accidentally hit the referee,” Saleh said. “It’s still a foul.”
Clemons’ ejection continued a disastrous week for the fourth-round pick in last year’s draft.
