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Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair received’t depart his three-game suspension nearest an unlawful accident on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
The NFL guarded the abeyance nearest Al-Shaair appealed it.
“Hearing officer Ramon Foster, jointly appointed by the NFL and NFLPA, has upheld the three-game suspension of Houston linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair,” NFL Senior Vice President of Soccer & World Communications Michael Signora wrote Wednesday in a put up on X.
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Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence slides in entrance of Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair all the way through the sport at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Photographs)
Al-Shaair’s accident on Lawrence took playground with simply over 4 mins too much within the first part of Sunday’s sport between Jacksonville and Houston. Lawrence scrambled left on a second-and-7 play games when he initiated a slide. At that time, Al-Shaair appeared to lift his forearm and construct a accident at the defenseless quarterback.
Chaos next unpriviledged out at the ground when Jacksonville avid gamers answered bodily to Al-Shaair’s accident, sparking a violent melee between the 2 groups. Jaguars tight finish Evan Engram used to be the primary participant observable pushing and shoving Al-Shaair nearest the accident, sooner than more than one alternative avid gamers adopted swimsuit.
Avid gamers struggle nearest Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair accident Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence all the way through the sport at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday. (AP Photograph/John Raoux)
Nearest the sport, Al-Shaair additionally spoke out in opposition to “racist and Islamophobic fans” within the aftermath of the population reaction to the incident. He has additionally apologized and insisted it used to be now not on objective.
“I’ve always played the game as hard as I could. Never with the intent to harm anyone and anybody that knows me knows that. My goal is to hit you as hard as I can then I pray you’re still able to get up and play the next play,” he stated in a commentary. “And when the game is over go home to your family unharmed because it’s not personal! It’s just competition. We both are trying to do the same thing which is provide for our families!”
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Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is accident via Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair all the way through the sport at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday. (Corey Perrine/Florida Instances-Union)
“I genuinely didn’t see him sliding until it was too late. And it all happens in the blink of an eye. To Trevor I genuinely apologize to you for what ended up happening. Before the game we spoke and I told you how it was great to see you back out on the field and wished you well. I would never want to see any player hurt because of a hit I put on them especially one that’s deemed ‘late’ or ‘unnecessary.’ To the rest of his teammates I can definitely understand you having his back and defending him in a situation like that,” Al-Shaair stated.
Al-Shaair used to be fined previous this generation nearest he punched Chicago Bears operating again Roschon Johnson at the sideline all the way through their sport in Year 2. The incident came about all the way through a scuffle that began nearest Al-Shaair’s sun-baked shot on Bears quarterback Caleb Williams close the sideline wasn’t flagged.
In the meantime, Lawrence used to be put on injured hold on Wednesday, successfully finishing his season.
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