I've seen MANY defenders pull up and glide over the sliding QBs head, maybe with some minor incidental contact. Azeez fully used his forearm the punish Lawrence's head with his full force with no sign of pulling up. He had enough time to react. He chose not to. Suspension warranted.
AND Al Shaiir had to put up the brace on his forearm into his head? Hardly. This guy not only had a previous hit back in Sept, he hit a guy on the sidelines who was not even in the game. That hit back in Sept was $11,000. Of course, now he gets ejected and he can't believe there's some accountability.
DEFENDING THIS HIT MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID. he was clearly sliding he lead with his elbow brace, using it as a weapon. he has a history defending him just makes you look stupid
..just kick him out. seen it 3 or 4 times a week. they stick out like sore thumbs, still a lot of dirty players...and they arent just playing hard, they are trying to hurt, trying to injure, just to get a win. makes you want to look at upper mgmt. Its REAL obvious!
The NFL is getting way too soft Lawrence wasn't a defenseless quarterback he was a runner when he started to slide if anything Trevor should be suspended for being too soft
I did not know that part of this...I only saw a couple of replays, and it looked 'kind' of bad...but I was thinking this is football after all. But in one of the angles of the replays, he is actually using this part of his arm, it really appears this way, as a weapon 'with malice' as you state. Yes. Now, after watching it again, I think the NFL needs to go further and ban players from being able to play with any kind of hard object that can be used this way. The whole point of protecting that arm is counterproductive; it is supposed to protect the player wearing it, not benefit him to now throwing powerful strikes. I imagine, like steroids, if you could find nice titanium plates to put on your forearms, that might help you become a better defender.
@@VeryOldMerc I'm surprised more people don't talk about the fact that he used his arm as a weapon. He had plenty of time to find a different way to down Trevor
@@justman9925 and yet if you watch every other QB slide this season (late or not), every other defender manages to not bash the QBs head into the ground. No one is saying he could have managed to avoid contact completely
He is personally trying to teach NFL quarterbacks to go down sooner and not try to get that extra yard. Attempting to take away the extra yard is more important than preserving human brains in the league if you are a player that has always "played the game hard".
"I don't know what he could have done differently," is one of the most disingenuous things you could say to defend a player from committing a dirty hit like that. Especially when there's a lot of other former players in the media saying otherwise.
I've always thought Akbar is clueless when it comes to certain aspects of play and defending Al-Shaair by suggesting he was too close to Trevor to change his tackle was BS. You don't lead with elbows, the hit was dirty and he deserves to be banned for the rest of the season.
yea i also dont understand why they blame Trevor. He did start to slide early and was fully down before the arm started to hit his head. He never faked slide in his career.
Brady literally said the same thing. QBs are responsible for their own health. They know there's a risk of sliding late. Which Trevor did. There should be a punishment for the hit, but 3 games is excessive.
"He was within 3 yards" commentator says repeatedly...when Shahir was 10 yards away when Trevor started sliding...Ex-players will always defend players, no matter how egregious the hit, no matter how stupid they sound
Because the know the actual speed of the game 🤡. Go listen to Brady's take. If QB wants to protect themselves, they need to get down ASAP, not try to gain that extra yard or 2.
How about changing the rule so that instead of sliding, the quarterback simply raises his arm in a fair catch signal to be ruled down that instant. That would significantly reduce the chance of head-high contact.
Well thats what he gets for that dirty hit. Even fans knew Trevor was gonna slide so thats just unacceptable. Then to get mad after you got tossed out the game?? Dude has some serious maturity issues.
That play wasn’t an RPO and Trevor wasn’t an option runner like Jalen Hurts. Watch how Ravens (Hamilton) defend a QB runner with hands out for the tap as QB gives himself up. Al-Shaair clearly unloaded on a QB in escape-slide mode. He punished Trevor and NFL punished him. Justice.
Lawrence didn't GESTURE, he was actively GOING TO GROUND ! Look at the clip playing while you were speaking , Al Shaair clearly drove his elbow brace into the helmet of Lawrence. Further last week-end I watched at least a dozen QB slides, Lawrence was the only one hit.
Wasn’t just the hit. He wouldn’t go to his sideline after the tussle and kept the altercation continuing. I say just kicked out the game and fine just for the hit. Suspension was for everything else.
Baldy really said i watched to much slow motion that he rather watch it real time dude slow motion actually showed him hitting trevor Lawrence with forearm that is not a tackle dude just trying to defend a repeat offender
Dirty player dirty hit dirty actions the coach of the Texans should be fine for taking up for that dirty hit! I hope he appeals it and they tackle two more games suspension! I don't like soft football but I don't like a dirty shot either get on out there to end people's careers! There's no sugar coating it it was dirty simple as that LOL
God I love when they try to defend the player who got suspended and actually buddy there was 4-5 yards between them if he never shot like a bullet and launched him self this would have never happened and the other problem is he used his forearm to knock his head back down
Guys, say it as it is…. He took out his opponents best chance of beating his team - their QB!! Deliberately…..with intent…. That the Jags lost the match compounds his decision They should have been made to forfeit the game to the Jags - it’s the ONLY way to stop it happening again. What would happen if this was the Super Bowl??
At approximately 3:00 mark I hear a former NFL defensive player try to defend Azeri bb asking “How could he have done anything differently?” I’m still shaking my head. What was he watching? You got your beer goggles on? That was neither a football play or move. I’m 62 and grew up watching some brutal football. Times changed and so have the rules. Leading with your brace covered elbow to the man”s face mask is Not a football move, it’s a low dirty play. I respect the man for apologizing so quickly. No respect for the commentator trying to anyone to believe it was not a dirty play. I love the game Collegiate and Pro. Stop insulting us
Reminds me of the KC Chiefs vs. Cleveland Browns . Where Dwayne Rudd took his helmet off and he threw it. He thought the game was over. The penalty allowed KC to attempt a field goal on one untimed down which was good giving KC the win 30 to 29.
It's a simple law of physics in play here. 230lb back throwing himself forward. No retro brakes, no rudders to help shift course. A body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an opposing force. Pure and simple. And yes, it's wonderful to look at frame-by-frame replay in slow motion. But try doing that "in the moment". Should he have been fined? Yes, but not for that hit, but rather for the temper tantrum that he threw after the play was over. The brawl that erupted after the tackle was by both sides, so an opposing penalty was justified. And the offensive player was also ejected. But, this "QB Slide" issue is the root cause. And I feel that any QB that is running for gain, has declared himself to be a running back. Fair game. Rather than allowing a slide, have the QB take a knee. Or even better, how about we limit the QB to not running or not running more than 5 yards beyond the current line of scrimmage. Make the QB's responsible for their own safety instead of penalizing the defense for trying to do their part in the game.
I'm sorry, as a long time football fan, it really makes me sick when I see this hit being painted as anything less than an intentional hit with a forearm to the head. Trevor is literally making eye contact with Azeez as he is coming into the hit. These are good exceptional athletes who react to instinct....I've seen players react by pulling up when QB's slide. Although it may be a hit to the QB, it doesn't end with a vicious blow to the head like Azeez did. he finished the hit all the way through without the intention of pulling up at anytime during this play.
I firmly believe that on an infraction that causes injury to another player should be handled by suspending the penalty charged player without pay and suspended until the injured player returns from injury and returns to the game, no matter the number of amount of games that may be.
I'm glad they are showing this in slo mo cuz it showed that Al Shaair raised his forearm at the last second to hit Lawrence in the head. That was DELIBERATE and the kind of hit that could have ended the QBs career. I've seen DOZENS of QBs slide after a run this season and ONLY ONE QB has gotten a concussion from being hit. The rest of the time, they know the slide is coming and just bend down and tag them to end the play. This guy has a record of taking cheap shots and throwing down his helmet and getting into another fight after the play shows his LACK of control and hot temper. He should have gotten suspended for the rest of the season so he has time to ponder his choice of aggression in his playing. He can have his career threatened without a major injury.
Aziz started of as a Niner and always was 3rd string at best for the team and always had injury problems plagued with it his entire career and plays dirty . This was coming for aziz because his his playing ability has dropped to mediocre due to his aggressive play and he launched a hit and made a dumb mistake . Coach Parcells had a saying “dumb players do dumb things “ . He DESERVES lengthy suspension!!
I guess I'm primarily wondering why utilizing PEDs nets a player in the NFL a 6-game suspension and leveling a hit on a QB that could result in a career ending injury only nets a 3-game suspension. I think a suspension for potentially ending a man's career deserves a longer suspension.
When the game is being played at full speed I can't argue with giving the defensive player the benefit of the doubt, at least in this case. Azeez may very well have thought he would contact the upper body instead of the face, in which case the forearm would have not been dirty. Trevor had to make a choice, either run like a fullback or run like a QB, but he tried to have it both ways and his slide was late.
Watch Azir's angle of attack, was he aiming for Trevors knees or shins cause that is where Trevors head was when he hit him? There is no way he started that angle of attack before Trevor started the slide. Physics proves this is a dirty hit. PERIOD!
it's NOT ABOUT THE SLIDE! IF Azeez Al-Shaair did a LEGAL hit - he would have led with his shoulder! that would have resulted in mostly a MISS! There are RULES! that was flat out meant to hurt Trevor! The NFL needs to get these types of players in check fast! because a hit like that that ends a players life isn't going to go well for the NFL! Azeez Al-Shaair needed to be suspended for the REST of the year. AGAIN - this has NOTHING to do with the slide! this was NOT a legal hit and clearly NOT a regular football hit as this crew seems to think.
Football hit? They have promoted having QBs slide for over a decade now. The defender adjusted the angle of his hit downward after he say that the QB was sliding. If he was doing a real football move he would have gone completely over the QB.
Azeez was hit with a dirty hit he didn't even see it coming Trevor was able to see it coming also you need to protect yourself at all times just like in boxing protect yourself at all times no one but you have the responsibility to protect yourself or trust no one
Akbar, that was intentional. In real time, had Trevor not slid, I bet Al-Shaair would of adjusted and tried to tackle him. No, Trevor slides and Azziz unloads using a weapon at Trevor's head. It's BS!
New rule should be from now on any qb who fake a slide and gain extra yard will cause lost of down or possession. Then maybe defensive player will stop hitting qb the moment qb slides.
His hit on Lawrence is indefensible. He lead wth his extended forearm in the direction of Lawrence's throat/chin. It's fortunate that he wasn't more seriously injured. Then he compounded it by his actions afterwards. If we want to see the best players on the field instead of in the treatment room then they need to come down harder on ill disciplined players.
What bothers me most about this dirty player is his attitude, after having gone against a player who is sliding and is defenseless, the rule is very clear and there has been a lot of talk about this for a long time, but there is nothing to say to justify a psychopath who attacks a player who is sliding in that way, but as I said the worst thing is his attitude afterward, a total brawling bully instead of being sorry for the bestiality he did.
Maybe the problem lies in a combination of leading with the forearm and the speed Al-Shaair was going when the collision occurred. I think the league handed down a three-game suspension, knowing he will appeal and it may be reduced to two. I think the league would call that a victory. Also, no doubt the rule regarding fake slides needs to be looked at, and it most likely will be. BUT it's tough to draw a distinction between juking the defender and an outright fake slide. One thing the Competition Committee looks at is, how do we officiate this situation? That's going to be the difficult aspect of any change in the rule.
When a dog bites human. The dog will continue biting because it had tasted blood. Player like this no matter how good he is. It just toxic on the team.
Lawrence was definitely trying to creep forward as far as possible to get the first down before sliding. If you’re going to slide, then slide. Don’t think you can cheat out a couple yards and not get hit.
Get rid of the slide. He was defending the first down marker. I was a running back so I have the offensive perspective. He is not Burfict. I remember Shaair on the 49ers. Hawks played him twice a year. No memory of anything dirty. He was fast and hits hard.
He pushed his forearm through his head... he absolutely could have avoided it. If yalls darling CJ got hit like that, you're singing a different tune. This is why I don't watch yall anymore.
Make it a rule that if an offensive player is going low, all a defender has to do to end the play is touch him, and the play is over. That should give defenders all of the reason they need to just pull up and bail out of a tackle and just brush the offensive player with their hand.
That’s already a rule. If a player goes down on their own the play already stops. The only time a player could get up is if it try stumble over themselves and no one touched them previously, or they caught the ball and was not touched
I've seen MANY defenders pull up and glide over the sliding QBs head, maybe with some minor incidental contact. Azeez fully used his forearm the punish Lawrence's head with his full force with no sign of pulling up. He had enough time to react. He chose not to. Suspension warranted.
Exactly, what is this dude in the Brown jacket saying he had no chance evading him? Thats bs
No chance of avoiding it because of trevor Lawrence height. Just dive like cj stroud
Agreed
AND Al Shaiir had to put up the brace on his forearm into his head? Hardly. This guy not only had a previous hit back in Sept, he hit a guy on the sidelines who was not even in the game. That hit back in Sept was $11,000. Of course, now he gets ejected and he can't believe there's some accountability.
Name 5
DEFENDING THIS HIT MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID.
he was clearly sliding
he lead with his elbow brace, using it as a weapon.
he has a history
defending him just makes you look stupid
Your statement makes you look stupid. Opinions are relative and each person is simply giving their opinion. Also, don’t be soft
saying the hit was intentional towards malice makes YOU look stupid. grow up and be a man. this is football
He led with a forearm that was wrapped in fiberglass and aluminum. Contact was intentional and with malice. It went beyond a hard defensive play.
..just kick him out. seen it 3 or 4 times a week. they stick out like sore thumbs, still a lot of dirty players...and they arent just playing hard, they are trying to hurt, trying to injure, just to get a win. makes you want to look at upper mgmt. Its REAL obvious!
The NFL is getting way too soft Lawrence wasn't a defenseless quarterback he was a runner when he started to slide if anything Trevor should be suspended for being too soft
Even had Lawrence not slid, you can't lead with a forearm to the ball carrier's face.
I did not know that part of this...I only saw a couple of replays, and it looked 'kind' of bad...but I was thinking this is football after all. But in one of the angles of the replays, he is actually using this part of his arm, it really appears this way, as a weapon 'with malice' as you state. Yes. Now, after watching it again, I think the NFL needs to go further and ban players from being able to play with any kind of hard object that can be used this way. The whole point of protecting that arm is counterproductive; it is supposed to protect the player wearing it, not benefit him to now throwing powerful strikes. I imagine, like steroids, if you could find nice titanium plates to put on your forearms, that might help you become a better defender.
@@VeryOldMerc I'm surprised more people don't talk about the fact that he used his arm as a weapon. He had plenty of time to find a different way to down Trevor
I'm so tired of being gas-lit about that hit. It was dirty in any era of the NFL. If you can't even admit that, we can't have a conversation.
bro in real time you cant pull back there. Lawerence literally made a shimmy move in his face then simultaneously dropped down. he already launched,
@@justman9925 and yet if you watch every other QB slide this season (late or not), every other defender manages to not bash the QBs head into the ground. No one is saying he could have managed to avoid contact completely
Thank you!!!
Gas lighting has become normal in society. It’s crazy!
In any era??? Lol You must not have watched football prior to the 2000s
Trying to make a play? ELBOW-FOREARM SHIVER!!! Vicious.
Leading with the forearm is not a tackle
Akbar is the weak link in gmfb. Takes silly positions too often. Doesn't do his homework often. Wish Jason was back.
He is personally trying to teach NFL quarterbacks to go down sooner and not try to get that extra yard. Attempting to take away the extra yard is more important than preserving human brains in the league if you are a player that has always "played the game hard".
He knew Trevor was going to slide. He torpedoed him with intent.
If he was trying to tackle properly, he would've dove forward trying to grab his legs
"I don't know what he could have done differently," is one of the most disingenuous things you could say to defend a player from committing a dirty hit like that. Especially when there's a lot of other former players in the media saying otherwise.
I've always thought Akbar is clueless when it comes to certain aspects of play and defending Al-Shaair by suggesting he was too close to Trevor to change his tackle was BS. You don't lead with elbows, the hit was dirty and he deserves to be banned for the rest of the season.
Stop blaming Trevor. This was a dirty player with a history. 3 games is not sufficient.
yea i also dont understand why they blame Trevor. He did start to slide early and was fully down before the arm started to hit his head. He never faked slide in his career.
Brady literally said the same thing. QBs are responsible for their own health. They know there's a risk of sliding late. Which Trevor did. There should be a punishment for the hit, but 3 games is excessive.
How can they defend this tackle...should be out for at least the rest of this year and be sued for assault with intent
"He was within 3 yards" commentator says repeatedly...when Shahir was 10 yards away when Trevor started sliding...Ex-players will always defend players, no matter how egregious the hit, no matter how stupid they sound
Because the know the actual speed of the game 🤡. Go listen to Brady's take. If QB wants to protect themselves, they need to get down ASAP, not try to gain that extra yard or 2.
"Teach QBs new techniques"? What a take. #victimblaming
Is he actually saying this is the QB’s fault?
How about changing the rule so that instead of sliding, the quarterback simply raises his arm in a fair catch signal to be ruled down that instant. That would significantly reduce the chance of head-high contact.
unnatural positioning of the arm while running full speed. Some kind of signallling would be good. But not the fair catch one.
He is a headhunter you don't get it He is a headhunter
Bs he is a dirty player
Lol naw
dont ever watch football ever again
You didn't even bring up the Tom Brady Neck Choke grab, he needed suspended for the rest of the season as a repeat offender
Shame on Akbar for letting his emotions as a former defender shade his judgment..... this is as obvious as it gets....
He’s not a smart guy
Akbar is delusional
The hit on Lawrence is disgusting.
Well thats what he gets for that dirty hit. Even fans knew Trevor was gonna slide so thats just unacceptable. Then to get mad after you got tossed out the game?? Dude has some serious maturity issues.
We gotta stop normalizing that “just a concussion” is okay
Qb slid late, but the defender didn't have to come in with the elbow to the head Smackdown style.
That play wasn’t an RPO and Trevor wasn’t an option runner like Jalen Hurts. Watch how Ravens (Hamilton) defend a QB runner with hands out for the tap as QB gives himself up. Al-Shaair clearly unloaded on a QB in escape-slide mode. He punished Trevor and NFL punished him. Justice.
Hamilton usually sees it runs over touches them down then offers a hand up
HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY Maybe he's loved in the locker room but that's one of the dirtiest hits I ever saw.
Tom Wilson is loved in DC yet he's a scumbag. Teams usually love the dirty guys.
Lawrence didn't GESTURE, he was actively GOING TO GROUND ! Look at the clip playing while you were speaking , Al Shaair clearly drove his elbow brace into the helmet of Lawrence. Further last week-end I watched at least a dozen QB slides, Lawrence was the only one hit.
Nah Trevor looked like he was going to do a hesitation or double step then decided to flop real quick. Gotta slide sooner.
Look at Houston player number 4s reaction to the hit. Tells you just how bad he thought his teammates hit was.
quit blowing it up. its not that bad.
Of course Akbar would have the cringey take.. smh
So a forearm with a brace on it, to the chin is a football move, what a load of BS!!!
Are those guys reading Aziz talking points?
One of them is lol
Bad on you Akbar!!
Naw
Dirty hit without question...
Justice for a classy QB like Trevor
If it was for Mahomes everyone would call it cheating, or the league glazing Mahomes..... yall on the internet are putrid and pathetic
Three game suspension is a travesty. It should be more.
It should be the rest of the season.
Naw..you are just too soft
Season.
3 games is basically fair, 5 games is my choice.
Why dont the refs blow the whistle when they see the QB sliding. Thats where they spot the ball anyways.
Yall will have former players complain about how soft the league's gotten but as soon as a money making QB gets touched they flip the script🤣🤣🤣
He's a goof, he's done this more than once and then acted like a fool after. I don't know how anyone can defend this.
How could he have done anything differently? LOL Like stay on his feet and tap him because he was already down. C'mon.
Should be suspended for the season without pay
Can't believe anyone on this panel would defend this his.
Wasn’t just the hit. He wouldn’t go to his sideline after the tussle and kept the altercation continuing. I say just kicked out the game and fine just for the hit. Suspension was for everything else.
Baldy really said i watched to much slow motion that he rather watch it real time dude slow motion actually showed him hitting trevor Lawrence with forearm that is not a tackle dude just trying to defend a repeat offender
Yes, Azeez started the fight.. not the entire Jags bench who jump and curb stomped him.
then Azeez crys racism
As a texans this is a major loss, but I agree with the suspension and hope Lawrence is well.
Dude, you should lose your FN job for saying that load of BS!!!
Its a dirty hit man wtf are you talking about. I made my assessment watching live not after the fact. He was late and it was targeted
He lead with the foreman
He could’ve slid off
Should’ve been for the year
Grand picture, 3 games is very lenient.
Vonte Burfict Jr.
3 games are not enough
Should have been 10 games
He got off easy. Should have been the rest of the season and all of next. No need for someone like him in the league.
Dirty player dirty hit dirty actions the coach of the Texans should be fine for taking up for that dirty hit! I hope he appeals it and they tackle two more games suspension! I don't like soft football but I don't like a dirty shot either get on out there to end people's careers! There's no sugar coating it it was dirty simple as that LOL
Hmmm, I never knew that throwing a forearm at a persons face was a football "move"...
apparently we are playing Blitz the League 2
God I love when they try to defend the player who got suspended and actually buddy there was 4-5 yards between them if he never shot like a bullet and launched him self this would have never happened and the other problem is he used his forearm to knock his head back down
Guys, say it as it is…. He took out his opponents best chance of beating his team - their QB!!
Deliberately…..with intent…. That the Jags lost the match compounds his decision
They should have been made to forfeit the game to the Jags - it’s the ONLY way to stop it happening again.
What would happen if this was the Super Bowl??
Then the backup came in and played a better game and gave them a chance to win.
This isn't a new rule. No reason to put a hit on the QB. Touch him down & jump over him. Joke!
That second guy was talking straight FACTS!!
Please show me any instance of a QB faking a slide
At approximately 3:00 mark I hear a former NFL defensive player try to defend Azeri bb asking “How could he have done anything differently?” I’m still shaking my head. What was he watching? You got your beer goggles on? That was neither a football play or move. I’m 62 and grew up watching some brutal football. Times changed and so have the rules. Leading with your brace covered elbow to the man”s face mask is Not a football move, it’s a low dirty play. I respect the man for apologizing so quickly. No respect for the commentator trying to anyone to believe it was not a dirty play. I love the game Collegiate and Pro. Stop insulting us
Reminds me of the KC Chiefs vs. Cleveland Browns . Where Dwayne Rudd took his helmet off and he threw it. He thought the game was over. The penalty allowed KC to attempt a field goal on one untimed down which was good giving KC the win 30 to 29.
It's a simple law of physics in play here. 230lb back throwing himself forward. No retro brakes, no rudders to help shift course. A body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an opposing force. Pure and simple. And yes, it's wonderful to look at frame-by-frame replay in slow motion. But try doing that "in the moment". Should he have been fined? Yes, but not for that hit, but rather for the temper tantrum that he threw after the play was over. The brawl that erupted after the tackle was by both sides, so an opposing penalty was justified. And the offensive player was also ejected. But, this "QB Slide" issue is the root cause. And I feel that any QB that is running for gain, has declared himself to be a running back. Fair game. Rather than allowing a slide, have the QB take a knee. Or even better, how about we limit the QB to not running or not running more than 5 yards beyond the current line of scrimmage. Make the QB's responsible for their own safety instead of penalizing the defense for trying to do their part in the game.
Wasn't that long ago when the whole stadium would have been cheering a big hit like that,it is football
I'm sorry, as a long time football fan, it really makes me sick when I see this hit being painted as anything less than an intentional hit with a forearm to the head. Trevor is literally making eye contact with Azeez as he is coming into the hit. These are good exceptional athletes who react to instinct....I've seen players react by pulling up when QB's slide. Although it may be a hit to the QB, it doesn't end with a vicious blow to the head like Azeez did. he finished the hit all the way through without the intention of pulling up at anytime during this play.
I firmly believe that on an infraction that causes injury to another player should be handled by suspending the penalty charged player without pay and suspended until the injured player returns from injury and returns to the game, no matter the number of amount of games that may be.
Why is there a "debate" about a millionaire athlete being suspended 3 games? Deal with it folks. 😂
I'm glad they are showing this in slo mo cuz it showed that Al Shaair raised his forearm at the last second to hit Lawrence in the head. That was DELIBERATE and the kind of hit that could have ended the QBs career. I've seen DOZENS of QBs slide after a run this season and ONLY ONE QB has gotten a concussion from being hit. The rest of the time, they know the slide is coming and just bend down and tag them to end the play. This guy has a record of taking cheap shots and throwing down his helmet and getting into another fight after the play shows his LACK of control and hot temper. He should have gotten suspended for the rest of the season so he has time to ponder his choice of aggression in his playing. He can have his career threatened without a major injury.
Aziz started of as a Niner and always was 3rd string at best for the team and always had injury problems plagued with it his entire career and plays dirty . This was coming for aziz because his his playing ability has dropped to mediocre due to his aggressive play and he launched a hit and made a dumb mistake . Coach Parcells had a saying “dumb players do dumb things “ . He DESERVES lengthy suspension!!
3 games is a little excessive
2 Just for the altercation after I think. Don’t think the hit deserves a suspension just a fine. Maybe one game.
I guess I'm primarily wondering why utilizing PEDs nets a player in the NFL a 6-game suspension and leveling a hit on a QB that could result in a career ending injury only nets a 3-game suspension. I think a suspension for potentially ending a man's career deserves a longer suspension.
His full intention was to injure Trevor. Three days isn't close to enough for a repeat offender. Akbar defending him is a further embarrasment.
When the game is being played at full speed I can't argue with giving the defensive player the benefit of the doubt, at least in this case. Azeez may very well have thought he would contact the upper body instead of the face, in which case the forearm would have not been dirty. Trevor had to make a choice, either run like a fullback or run like a QB, but he tried to have it both ways and his slide was late.
look at Al-Shaairs Face while he tackles him. He is doing that on purpose 100%
Watch Azir's angle of attack, was he aiming for Trevors knees or shins cause that is where Trevors head was when he hit him? There is no way he started that angle of attack before Trevor started the slide. Physics proves this is a dirty hit. PERIOD!
it's NOT ABOUT THE SLIDE! IF Azeez Al-Shaair did a LEGAL hit - he would have led with his shoulder! that would have resulted in mostly a MISS! There are RULES! that was flat out meant to hurt Trevor!
The NFL needs to get these types of players in check fast! because a hit like that that ends a players life isn't going to go well for the NFL!
Azeez Al-Shaair needed to be suspended for the REST of the year.
AGAIN - this has NOTHING to do with the slide! this was NOT a legal hit and clearly NOT a regular football hit as this crew seems to think.
3-game suspension means he won't play vs the Chiefs.
Exactly. Almost like the league planned it that way.
@@Uneek637 I'm sure they did. Gotta protect the face of the league.
Who is the genius with the leather jacket? He couldn’t have done anything differently? His forearm really?
If Evan engram doesn’t try to fight him on his own and the jaguars bench doesn’t clear nothing happens
Total bullsh-t, he slid way too late trying to get the fist down.
Football hit? They have promoted having QBs slide for over a decade now. The defender adjusted the angle of his hit downward after he say that the QB was sliding. If he was doing a real football move he would have gone completely over the QB.
Azeez was hit with a dirty hit he didn't even see it coming Trevor was able to see it coming also you need to protect yourself at all times just like in boxing protect yourself at all times no one but you have the responsibility to protect yourself or trust no one
Akbar, that was intentional. In real time, had Trevor not slid, I bet Al-Shaair would of adjusted and tried to tackle him. No, Trevor slides and Azziz unloads using a weapon at Trevor's head. It's BS!
Man how can he go to the side line when jags players instantly went in jumped on him
They're idiots lol
New rule should be from now on any qb who fake a slide and gain extra yard will cause lost of down or possession. Then maybe defensive player will stop hitting qb the moment qb slides.
His hit on Lawrence is indefensible. He lead wth his extended forearm in the direction of Lawrence's throat/chin. It's fortunate that he wasn't more seriously injured. Then he compounded it by his actions afterwards. If we want to see the best players on the field instead of in the treatment room then they need to come down harder on ill disciplined players.
He went high…
What bothers me most about this dirty player is his attitude, after having gone against a player who is sliding and is defenseless, the rule is very clear and there has been a lot of talk about this for a long time, but there is nothing to say to justify a psychopath who attacks a player who is sliding in that way, but as I said the worst thing is his attitude afterward, a total brawling bully instead of being sorry for the bestiality he did.
Criminally charge him. Forearm leas is not legal and could have permanently injured the dude.
Maybe the problem lies in a combination of leading with the forearm and the speed Al-Shaair was going when the collision occurred. I think the league handed down a three-game suspension, knowing he will appeal and it may be reduced to two. I think the league would call that a victory. Also, no doubt the rule regarding fake slides needs to be looked at, and it most likely will be. BUT it's tough to draw a distinction between juking the defender and an outright fake slide. One thing the Competition Committee looks at is, how do we officiate this situation? That's going to be the difficult aspect of any change in the rule.
When a dog bites human. The dog will continue biting because it had tasted blood. Player like this no matter how good he is. It just toxic on the team.
Lawrence was definitely trying to creep forward as far as possible to get the first down before sliding. If you’re going to slide, then slide. Don’t think you can cheat out a couple yards and not get hit.
Get rid of the slide. He was defending the first down marker. I was a running back so I have the offensive perspective.
He is not Burfict. I remember Shaair on the 49ers. Hawks played him twice a year. No memory of anything dirty. He was fast and hits hard.
He pushed his forearm through his head... he absolutely could have avoided it. If yalls darling CJ got hit like that, you're singing a different tune. This is why I don't watch yall anymore.
He didn’t need to use his elbow
Grown men cryin 🥱
Playback the hits on cam newton when he was a “runner”
Make it a rule that if an offensive player is going low, all a defender has to do to end the play is touch him, and the play is over. That should give defenders all of the reason they need to just pull up and bail out of a tackle and just brush the offensive player with their hand.
That’s already a rule. If a player goes down on their own the play already stops.
The only time a player could get up is if it try stumble over themselves and no one touched them previously, or they caught the ball and was not touched
The play is dead when the QB slides and they always mark the spot where he began the slide not where it ends.
I don’t think leading with your elbow brace is a legal tackle method 🤷♂️