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Myles Garrett suspended indefinitely, at least through the end of the 2019 season

After one of the ugliest incidents in NFL history, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett has been suspended indefinitely.

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Following the incident near the end of the Browns’ win over the Steelers on Thursday Night Football in which Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett removed Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph’s helmet and hit him in the head with it, you knew NFL justice was going to come fairly quickly. The incident went viral overnight and gave the NFL several black eyes in the process, so the league fired back as quickly as it could.

As reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Garrett has been suspended indefinitely, which in the league’s purview means that he will not see any on-field action throughout this season and the playoffs. Garrett must speak with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell before he is to be reinstated next season. In addition, Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey, who came to his quarterback’s defense and was ejected, will be suspended for the next three games, and Browns defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi, who was also ejected, was suspended for one game. Each team was fined $250,000 for the fracas.

Per the NFL’s statement, “Additional discipline for other players will be forthcoming through the standard accountability process, including those players that left the bench to enter the fight area.”

Rudolph, who appeared to attempt to remove Garrett’s helmet in response to Garrett’s late hit with eight seconds left in the game, was not suspended. Fines have not been ruled out for Rudolph and other players. We also have no word at this point what might happen to Browns safety Damarious Randall, who was ejected halfway through the third quarter after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson, who left the field bleeding from his right ear.

This was one of the ugliest games in NFL history, and the fallout is just beginning. Stay tuned to Touchdown Wire for further news as it develops.

Touchdown Wire editor Doug Farrar has also covered football for Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, the Washington Post, and Football Outsiders. His first book, “The Genius of Desperation,” a schematic history of professional football, was published by Triumph Books in 2018 and won the Professional Football Researchers Association’s Nelson Ross Award for “Outstanding recent achievement in pro football research and historiography.”

Larry Ogunjobi suspended 1 game for his role in the Browns-Steelers brawl

Ogunjobi will miss the team’s Week 12 game against the Bengals

Cleveland Browns starting defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi has been suspended one game for his role in the massive brawl at the end of the team’s Thursday night win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He will miss the team’s Week 12 contest against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Ogunjobi pushed Steelers QB Mason Rudolph to the ground after the Myles Garrett helmet-swinging incident. He has also been fined an undisclosed amount by the NFL.

Garrett has been suspended indefinitely. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey has also been suspended three games for punching and kicking Garrett on the ground.

The full initial statement from the NFL announcing the series of suspensions, including Ogunjobi’s:

Baker Mayfield speaks out against Myles Garrett’s violence after crazy TNF ending

What Myles Garrett did to Mason Rudolph was completely unacceptable, and it was right for Baker Mayfield to speak out against it.

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is one of the NFL’s best at his position. He came into Thursday night’s game against the Steeelers with 10 sacks and 15 quarterback hits. And while Garrett’s Browns won this game, they won’t have Garrett on the active roster for a while — Garrett was ejected from the game late in the fourth quarter following a set-to with Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph.

Garrett took some extra time to take Rudolph down on the play in question with 14 seconds left in the game after Rudolph released the ball. This frustrated Rudolph, who pulled at Garrett’s helmet. This frustrated Garrett, who pulled Rudolph’s helmet off… and then hit Rudolph with his own helmet.

Garrett, Browns defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi, and Steelers center Mike Pouncey were all ejected from the game, with offsetting penalties. The game was over two plays later, with the Browns winning, 21-7.

That’s the end of the good news for the Browns, who will absolutely face serious disciplinary action from the league sooner than later. Garrett, who engaged in a tactic as brutal as anything you’ll see on a football field, will undoubtedly be suspended multiple games, if not for the entire season.

Throughout the 2019 campaign, the Browns have struggled with issues of consistency and self-control. But this brought things to an entirely new level, and there’s absolutely no excuse for any of it. What Garrett did crosses the lines of football and veers into assault territory.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin refused to comment on the incident. During a post-game interview with the NFL Network, Browns receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. saw what Garrett did for the first time, and was visibly shaken.

“It’s inexcusable,” Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said of Garrett’s actions when asked by FOX Sports’ Erin Andrews. “Rivalry or not, we can’t do that. That’s endangering the other team. That’s inexcusable. The reality is, he’s going to get suspended. It’s inexcusable.”

Yes he will, and yes it is.