Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry thinks the NFL was too harsh in handing out their punishment for Myles Garrett, according to Tom Withers of the Associated Press.
#Browns WR Jarvis Landry believes NFL rushed to judgment on Garrett and penalty is “too severe.”
— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) November 22, 2019
Garrett is serving an indefinite suspension after he struck Mason Rudolph in the head with his helmet. Garrett told the NFL during his appeal hearing that Rudolph used a racial slur before the incident. The NFL upheld the suspension and said they found no evidence that Rudolph used a slur.
Not everyone thinks that the suspension is too much, and Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy said it doesn't matter if a slur was used, he still thinks Garrett is in the wrong.
“I'm sorry, I don't have sympathy with Myles Garrett if in fact that is what happened,” Dungy said via CBS Sports.
“If we're in the bottom of the pile and Mason Rudolph is kneeing you in the groin or he's trying to poke your eye out or he's twisting your knee, something that's going to affect your ability to do your work and your career, then, yeah, you can go off,” Dungy said. “But you can't go off because somebody said something to you. All kinds of things get said out there on the field.”
While Garrett is suspended, he is not allowed to have contact with the team, and it's expected he will have to meet with the commissioner's office this upcoming offseason before they make a decision if they will lift the suspension, or hold him out longer.
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