Last Sunday in Jacksonville, fans of the Jaguars had their hearts stop after seeing their franchise quarterback getting laid out by a Houston linebacker. Before the game Trevor Lawrence was cleared to play after missing several weeks with an AC joint issue to his no throwing shoulder. It was late in the second half as Lawrence scrambled out of the pocket and headed down field for about six yards & then gave himself up with a feet first slide. The Texans linebacker came charging in like a bull in a china factory and launched himself at the sliding Lawrence and gave the Jaguars a devastating blow to the head right across the face mask of the helmet with left forearm, which was covered in a brace. Lawrence was laid out on the turf for several minutes on his back motionless. Lawrence took the first blow in the head by the Texans linebacker & then the back of his head also hit the turf for the double whammy. While Lawrence laid on his home turf, his arms appeared to be in what they call a fencing position. The involuntary position is usually associated with a brain injury. Eventually Lawrence would be okay as he did suffer a concussion and was carted off the field.

While Trevor Lawrence laid out on the field, tempers flared between these two division rivals of the AFC South. The Jaguars tight end Evan Engram retaliated going after Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair and suddenly a brawl breaks out between the two teams. Once the referees broke up the melee, Texans linebacker Al-Shaair was ejected from the game for his illegal hit on Lawrence to the head and neck area. Engram was accessed a personal foul penalty. While the cart came out to scoop up a dazed and confused Jaguars quarterback. Meanwhile the Texans linebacker was not done as he needed a curtain call walking off the field after being ejected. He started another physical encounter with the opposing team. He removed his helmet and was all fired up.

The NFL has suspended the Texans linebacker for three games for his actions on Sunday against the Jaguars. This was not Azeez Al-Shaair’s first rodeo even this season for being on the NFL radar for his misconduct or cheap hits on the field. In week 12 against his former team from last year the Tennessee Titans, he had a late hit out of bounds on running back Tony Pollard. The NFL handed him a bill of $11,255 on that incident. In week 2 against the Bears, he punched running back Roschon Johnson on the sideline as the NFL fined him $11,817 dollars for that incident. One video that was resurfacing this week was AL-Shaair’s choke hold on Tom Brady when he played for the Buccaneers and Azzeez was with the 49ers then.

Azeez Al-Shaair went to Florida Atlantic University and made his NFL debut in 2019 with the 49ers. He has been in the league for six seasons as 4 of those years he has played in San Francisco. Last year he played in Tennessee, then moving on to Houston where he signed 3 year 34 million dollar deal in the off season. He is only 27 years old and has played in 83 games so far in his NFL career. He has racked up 240 solo tackles, six sacks, 4 forced fumbles, and has two interceptions so far in his NFL career. He is one of the captains for the Texans on that defense. I don’t know what the Texans head coach De Meco Ryans is smoking saying the Jaguars overreacted after the hit on their quarterback. If that was CJ Stroud, you better believe it his guys would be up in arms over a hit on their young quarterback. The Texans head coach says AL-Shaair has a heart of gold. The Texans front office disagrees with the length of the suspension compared to other guys around the league. AL-Shaair went on social media saying he plays the game hard with intent of not hurting anybody. He wants to hit you as hard as he can and pray that you get up. He basically apologized for the outcome of the situation.

Former Bengal, and Raider line backer Vontaze Burfict should be on anyone’s list of dirty players. The list of incidents Burfict got fined for over the years looks like a Santa’s naughty list. In 2013 fined for striking opponent in the groin area. In 2014 twisting the ankles of Cam Newton quarterback for the Carolina Panthers at the time. In 2015 purposely diving at the Steelers quarterback Big Ben Roethlisberger’s knees. Then the memorable hit on Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown in that 2016 playoff game that cost the Bengals a win. In 2017 he did not learn his lesson getting fined for hitting a defensive receiver. Then in 2019 the late hit on Colts tight end Jack Doyle. Burfict racked up 5.3 million dollars in fines. You could say that Azeez Al-Shaair is heading down Burfict boulevard.

I know the NFL players are wearing specialized designer cleats with their own personal fight in life. The Texans linebacker fight is Pro Palestine which means free their country from the Middle East of Israel that has been going on since the beginning of time. All these players’ cleats then get auctioned off and help charities as the NFL calls it the My Cause My Cleats campaign. Azeez Al-Shaair’s shoes are helping the Palestine Children’s relief fund. Of course some yahoos have to bring up politics or religions in incidents that take place on football field. I’m glad that Al-Shaair is helping the kids. On the football field he may be a solid defender but at the same time he is hurting the Texans. His hit on Trevor Lawrence gave that Jaguars team life and they made that a close game at the end. Why is it all these incidents take place out of bounds or when the player is giving himself up with this guy? It’s like the guy on the battlefield gives up, surrenders, and then gets shot in the head for laying down his arms. Does he not see what is in front of him? I know it’s hard to stop yourself if you’re launching your self like a missile. Why are you launching yourself like a missile in the first place? Why did he bring his forearm up in the air to break his own fall? He could feel bad. He can say it was the heat of the moment. If this happens in a playoff game like Vontaze Burfict did hitting Antonio Brown in 2016 giving the Steelers the victory instead of a Bengals win, it only hurts your own team. Why is he a captain of your defense? Don’t you want your captain to be the voice of reason out on the field? You can play hard. When you play hard and stupid these are the guys that will hurt your team’s chances in the long run.