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The Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars made headlines in their Week 13 matchup, when Houston linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair knocked Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence out of the game in the second quarter with a hit to the head as the quarterback was sliding. A brawl then ensued.
Al-Shaair came in with his left elbow, which is what made contact with Lawrence, and was ejected from the game. Lawrence was ruled out with a concussion minutes later, while Al-Shaair was suspended by the NFL for three games on Tuesday. In the statement announcing the suspension, NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan said that Al-Shaair demonstrated a “lack of sportsmanship and respect for the game of football.”
How can the NFL clean up these plays? Tom Brady provided his take on the matter on Wednesday’s edition of “The Herd,” admitting that he has “mixed emotions.”
“Nobody wants to see anybody get hurt, but it is also the reality of a very physical sport that we play,” Brady said. “Defensive players have to be aggressive. That’s their nature. I always tried to be aggressive on offense. We tried to block aggressively, and, at the same time, the defense tries to tackle aggressively. I think the quarterbacks need to take better care of themselves. I see Josh Allen run it a lot. I see Lamar Jackson run it a lot, and it’s a great skill set to have. A lot of times, I wish I had that same skill set.
“And, at the same time, when you run, you put yourself in a lot of danger, and when you do that, I don’t think the onus of protecting an offensive quarterback who’s running should be on a defensive player. I don’t think that’s really fair to the defense.”
Brady elaborated on potential solutions.
Tom Brady reacts to Azeez Al-Shaair’s illegal hit on Trevor Lawrence
“For a playcaller, there’s more designed runs for quarterbacks now than [ever] in the history of the NFL, so are we really trying to protect quarterbacks? Because if you are trying to do it through the rules,…
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