Al-Shaair suspended 3 games will miss Chiefs game of course

[Big Blitz]

 

[JGMcD2]

When was the last time the league suspended someone like this? 3 games feels like a lot. 

[Johnnycage46]

Pretty stiff penalty. Sucks that he'll miss the KC game...but Houston just seems like such a fraud that I doubt they had much of a chance against KC anyway.

[paulmm3]

Seems about right to me 

[eball]

Houston wasn't going to beat KC anyway.  The Chargers and Steelers will do that for us.

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

He will likely appeal and get a game or two shaved off. I'd bet only one as this isn't the first time he's been in trouble for latel hits 

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

1 minute ago, eball said:

Houston wasn't going to beat KC anyway.  The Chargers and Steelers will do that for us.

 

 

If the Panthers and Raiders can get within 3 points, the Texans can beat them. 

[Johnnycage46]

2 minutes ago, eball said:

Houston wasn't going to beat KC anyway.  The Chargers and Steelers will do that for us.

 

 

I think the Broncos get them too in Denver week 18.

[Big Blitz]

4 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

I think the Broncos get them too in Denver week 18.

I thought that possible too but they’ll have a WC spot locked by then and have nothing to play for.  

[dorquemada]

14 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

When was the last time the league suspended someone like this? 3 games feels like a lot. 

 

Guy is a menace.  Maybe next time he does this someone ends up a paraplegic, and the league has to pretend that there wasn't ample evidence to suggest that he was going to keep being a cheap shot artist.  At any rate, like anything else, it'll take someone suing the league for a few billion dollars after they lose the use of their legs before this sort of thing is taken seriously.  Al-Shaair is lucky im not in charge of his punishment because he'd be in for at least the balance of the season

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

17 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

When was the last time the league suspended someone like this? 3 games feels like a lot. 

 

Burfict got the full season treatment last time he got one and it ended up ending his career.  

[Mikie2times]

Rog hit the justice button this morn

[The Jokeman]

9 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

I think the Broncos get them too in Denver week 18.

I agree. 

[boyst]

ridiculous. he will rightfully appeal and the nflpa will get it reduced.

 

you can't hit a QB anymore. if he was still running it would have been a rightful hit. lawrence waited until the last minute to slide and therefore the helmet to helmet was unavoidable, unfortunately.

 

it was a bad hit, and it was a penalty but it is not that bad of a penalty to suspend him 3 games. some foo foo pansy ball crap right there.

[GunnerBill]

27 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

When was the last time the league suspended someone like this? 3 games feels like a lot. 

 

When was the last time a player intentionally went to injure a Quarterback? It almost never happens. 

 

I think 3 was too light. I'd have banned him for the rest of this season. 

[eball]

Am I remembering incorrectly, or did this guy have some questionable hits against the Bills earlier this year as well?

 

[dorquemada]

5 minutes ago, eball said:

Am I remembering incorrectly, or did this guy have some questionable hits against the Bills earlier this year as well?

 

 

there's a 'highlight' reel of him attempting to injure other players.  it's who he is and what he does.  If he wasn't playing football he'd be in the slammer

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

7 minutes ago, boyst said:

ridiculous. he will rightfully appeal and the nflpa will get it reduced.

 

you can't hit a QB anymore. if he was still running it would have been a rightful hit. lawrence waited until the last minute to slide and therefore the helmet to helmet was unavoidable, unfortunately.

 

it was a bad hit, and it was a penalty but it is not that bad of a penalty to suspend him 3 games. some foo foo pansy ball crap right there.

 

I've seen the 'late slide' comment thrown around (including from the HOU coach) but I really don't see it. Lawrence was short of the 1st down line and ~4 yards from the defender when he started the slide.

 

It might've been difficult for Al-Shaair to avoid all contact, but he made the choice to launch forearm first at Trevor's head. 3 game suspension is well deserved IMO 

[JGMcD2]

21 minutes ago, boyst said:

ridiculous. he will rightfully appeal and the nflpa will get it reduced.

 

you can't hit a QB anymore. if he was still running it would have been a rightful hit. lawrence waited until the last minute to slide and therefore the helmet to helmet was unavoidable, unfortunately.

 

it was a bad hit, and it was a penalty but it is not that bad of a penalty to suspend him 3 games. some foo foo pansy ball crap right there.

Lawrence started his slide late? He started his slide at the 47 yard line and Al-Shaair was on the 41.
 

Al-Shaair was standing up when Lawrence was starting to go down and then he decided the best thing to do was launch himself with his head and forearm leading? 

 

The point is, Lawrence is down where he begins his slide… which was 6 yards away from where Al-Shaair was standing. Well short of the marker - there was literally no reason for the player to do that. 
 

EDIT:

 

Here is where Lawrence starts his slide, which by rule, is where he is down.
 

Al-Shaair is the guy by himself standing on the 0 of the 40 yard line. 
 

Edited 17 hours ago by JGMcD2

[Gugny]

12 minutes ago, boyst said:

ridiculous. he will rightfully appeal and the nflpa will get it reduced.

 

you can't hit a QB anymore. if he was still running it would have been a rightful hit. lawrence waited until the last minute to slide and therefore the helmet to helmet was unavoidable, unfortunately.

 

it was a bad hit, and it was a penalty but it is not that bad of a penalty to suspend him 3 games. some foo foo pansy ball crap right there.

I couldn’t disagree more. 
 

It was an obvious attempt to injure Lawrence. 
 

I think he should have been arrested and  banned from the NFL for life.