Absolutely right when Stephen A calls Demeco’s response stupid before the suspension was even known. The fanboys I’m sure will have their feelings hurt.
LOL. This ain't the guy you go to if you're trying to win an argument.
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I thought the Texans brass didn't handle this very well. I get being upset about it being 3 games. That was a little excessive. I've seen worse get far less, so Nicky C is right in that it's bullshit about being consistent. I thought Meco throwing some shade on the Jags for retaliating was a little overboard. The next time Stroud gets popped and the Texans retaliate it's going to look bad on them, and it will look worse, IMO, if they don't retaliate. It's dumb to get an offsetting penalty and get thrown out of the game, but it's human nature to go defend your teammate when you feel like he was targeted.
As for Azeez, as I've said, it was a tough situation to try to stop yourself from going full speed and hitting a QB that suddenly dropped to slide like that, but sh
it happens. Throw the flag, give 'em 15 and play ball. The problem came when he led with the forearm trying to decapitate the dude, whether he made it to the head/neck area or not. That's not how you play tackle football in the 21st century. Agree or disagree with the way it's played now, it
is played like it is now and everybody knows that. An idiotic decision on his part, but I don't think that makes him a dirty player. That said, maybe he is, I don't know. Didn't know the dude until he came here.
Though the case is strong for a suspension, I think 3 games is excessive and I don't think the NFL should bring past discrepancies into the decision, especially when what he's done in the past has had no suspensions attached to them. I mean, if he's been suspended multiple times for the same offense, then yeah, the past matters, but that's not the case here.
I get the NFL wanting it out of the game, but when it happens again, and it will, soon, then everybody better start getting 3 games because if they don't then it comes off as targeting the Texans, for whatever reason, and the NFL penalty committee continues to look like the buffoons they are.
I think one thing is for certain though. Next years Texans/Jags series should be interesting.