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A fight broke out in the final seconds of Browns-Steelers which involved DE Myles Garrett swinging QB Mason Rudolph’s own helmet at his naked head.
A fight broke out in the final seconds of Browns-Steelers which involved DE Myles Garrett swinging QB Mason Rudolph’s own helmet at his naked head.
A fight broke out in the final seconds of Browns-Steelers which involved DE Myles Garrett swinging QB Mason Rudolph’s own helmet at his naked head.
A fight broke out in the final seconds of Browns-Steelers which involved DE Myles Garrett swinging QB Mason Rudolph’s own helmet at his naked head.
A fight broke out in the final seconds of Browns-Steelers which involved DE Myles Garrett swinging QB Mason Rudolph’s own helmet at his naked head.
A fight broke out in the final seconds of Browns-Steelers which involved DE Myles Garrett swinging QB Mason Rudolph’s own helmet at his naked head.
Lane Johnson offers his thoughts on the Myles Garrett helmet incident
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Myles Garrett has been suspended for the rest of this season and maybe longer, after the Cleveland Browns star pass rusher ripped the helmet off Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and clubbed him in the head with it in the final seconds of Thursday night’s game.
The NFL also suspended Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi one game for shoving Rudolph in the back. Pittsburgh center Maurkice Pouncey was suspended three games as well after he kicked and punched Garrett while defending Rudolph.
Players and analysts from around the NFL have offered their reaction and the Eagles’ top enforcer and star right tackle, Lane Johnson, weighed in as well.
While addressing the media after the Eagles practice on Friday, Johnson told ESPN’s Tim McManus that he would have reacted the same way Pouncey did, and would have slugged Garrett as well.
“I’d probably have done the same s— as Pouncey did.” Lane Johnson reacts to Myles Garrett incident. pic.twitter.com/VxpYNSgS0C
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) November 15, 2019
Johnson has been a leading supporter and protector of Carson Wentz since the Eagles selected their star quarterback in the 2016 NFL Draft.
It looks like the NFL is going to fine Mason Rudolph for his part in last night’s fight.
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The NFL will fine #Steelers QB Mason Rudolph for his role in last night’s brawl, I’m told.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) November 15, 2019
According to NFL reporter Tom Pelissero, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph did not escape the long arm of the NFL law for his part in the brawl at the end of Thursday’s game with the Cleveland Browns. Pelissero is reporting Rudolph will be fined for his part of the altercation with Browns defensive end Myles Garrett.
Rudolph got into a scrum near the end of the game Thursday with Garrett after Garrett sacked him. In the process, there were words exchanged and as Garrett had Rudolph pinned down, the Steelers quarterback took some swing to and get Garrett off. This led to Garrett pulling Rudolph’s helmet off and hitting him with it.
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Three players, including Myles Garrett, were suspended for their roles in the Steelers-Browns fight on Thursday night.
If you missed the Week 11 contest between the AFC North rivals Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, you missed a complete meltdown at the end of the game. Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett ripped Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph’s helmet off and swung it at him, connecting with his head and sparking a melee in the end zone at FirstEnergy Stadium.
A day later and the end result is the suspension of three players – two from Cleveland and one from Pittsburgh — as well as some big fines, according to the NFL.
There also appears to be some additional punishments coming down the line for other players as the league dives further into what happened during the scuffle.
These suspensions will deal a big blow to both the Steelers’ and Browns’ chances of making the postseason. All three players are starters and have been important pieces of their respective teams. Furthermore, if Garrett’s suspension holds, he’ll end up missing the Week 16 Ravens-Browns rematch that could very well decide Cleveland’s postseason fate.
With their win, the Browns are now 4-6 while the Steelers sit at 5-5. Even if Baltimore were to lose this week to the Houston Texans, the Ravens would still effectively hold a three-game lead over Pittsburgh given their head-to-head tiebreaker from the Week 5 win.
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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.”
Kyle Rudolph unintentionally got caught up on the Mason Rudolph situation last night on social media.
Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph was on Good Morning Football on Friday morning and shared his unintentional connection to the incident at the end of Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers game.
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The NFL’s Thursday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers took a nasty turn when a fight broke out; the skirmish followed Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett’s takedown of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph, and ended …
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The NFL’s Thursday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers took a nasty turn when a fight broke out; the skirmish followed Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett’s takedown of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph, and ended up involving multiple players from both teams. Garrett and Steelers offensive lineman Maurkice Pouncey were ejected, and suspensions are expected to be handed out by the league office in the coming days.
And the events didn’t go unnoticed by several New Orleans Saints players, both those with the team now and others who have since retired. Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan observed that while Rudolph instigated the fight by trying to take off Garrett’s helmet, there’s no excusing Garrett’s response to batter the quarterback with his own helmet.
Wide receiver Michael Thomas also chimed in, pointing out that one should, “Know who you running up on” before starting a fight. There’s a clear size mismatch between the 236-pound Rudolph and 271-pound Garrett, making the quarterback’s decision to start grappling with his opponent somewhat questionable.
Longtime Saints right tackle Zach Strief focused on Garrett’s use of Rudolph’s helmet as a weapon, noting that the action would be expensive and asking, “Anyone know the current fine for assault with a deadly weapon?”
An interesting perspective comes from former Saints offensive lineman Kyle Turley, who once defended quarterback Aaron Brooks by removing an opponent’s helmet and throwing it across the field. Turley chided both Garrett and Pouncey for risking a series brain injury with so many blows to the head:
The @steelers OLine accept @MaurkicePouncey should be suspended w/ @MylesLGarrett its football and CTE good decisions aren’t an option! 🧠🏉
— KT (@KyleTurley) November 15, 2019
Obviously there’s no place in football — or any other professional setting — for this sort of violence, but it’s also clear that neither Garrett nor Rudolph and the other Steelers players involved came out of this looking innocent. Hopefully the NFL can navigate the situation tactfully and do its part to discourage future incidents like this.
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Antonio Brown shows support for Rudolph with famous photo.
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This for you Mason !!!!! pic.twitter.com/J8N3TLOWHp
— AB (@AB84) November 15, 2019
Of all people to offer some support and levity in the wake of the fight that marred the end of Thursday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, it was former Steeler Antonio Brown to do it. Brown sent out a tweet Friday morning with his infamous kick of Browns punter Spencer Lanning as his version of having Rudolph’s back.
Say what you will about Brown, but he wins the internet today for this one. In case you don’t know what this is all about, Rudolph got into a fight at the end of Thursday’s game with defensive end Myles Garrett and even center Maurkice Pouncey got involved.
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