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The NFL has suspended Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair three games for his hit Sunday to Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
Jon Runyan, the NFL’s vice president of football operations, announced the suspension Tuesday, adding that the league deemed the hit « unacceptable » and that Al-Shaair’s « continued disregard » for rules governing player safety « will not be tolerated. »
Al-Shaair was ejected in the second quarter of Houston’s victory Sunday over Jacksonville after his violent blow to the sliding Lawrence’s face mask caused the star quarterback to suffer a concussion.
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« You were involved in a play that the (NFL) considers unacceptable and a serious violation of the playing rules », Runyan wrote Tuesday.
