Trevor Lawrence’s teammate fined for attacking Azeez Al-Shaair after unlawful hit

The NFL fined Jacksonville Jaguars tight finish Evan Engram for retaliation in opposition to the participant who delivered a season-ending hit to quarterback Trevor Lawrence. 

Engram was fined $11,255 after attacking Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair in retaliation for his hit on Lawrence within the second quarter of Sunday’s recreation, in keeping with NFL.com. 

Engram was the primary Jaguars participant to go after Al-Shaair after the hit, as gamers from each groups swarmed to the world of the hit.

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“It was a unclean hit,” Engram informed reporters after the sport. “In that second, intuition was simply, it did not really feel like a clear hit, so I needed to go get up for my quarterback. 

“I simply knew it was incorrect. It was a unclean play. You stood up to your guys. It is simply the way it goes.”

Evan Engram of the New York Giants runs with the ball after making a catch in opposition to Azeez Al-Shaair (51) of the San Francisco 49ers at MetLife Stadium Sept. 27, 2020, in East Rutherford, N.J.  (Mike Stobe/Getty Photos)

Whereas Engram was fined, Al-Shaair was suspended three video games with out pay. The NFL has stated the linebacker’s involvement within the brawl performed into the self-discipline. 

Lawrence sustained his second concussion in a 12 months from the hit and was positioned on injured reserve. The quarterback will endure shoulder surgical procedure for an damage he initially sustained in Week 9 in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles. 

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Lawrence posted on X Sunday night time that he was “residence and feeling higher.”

After the sport, Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans criticized the Jaguars for “overreacting” after Al-Shaair’s hit on Lawrence, suggesting the quarterback was at fault.

“It wasn’t our guys. It’s their group overreacted, pushed our man, dragging our man to the sideline. So, that’s uncalled for on that aspect. Now we have to be higher on the sidelines as properly, with each groups,” Ryans informed reporters Sunday. 

Gamers struggle after Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (0) hit Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence with a late hit in the course of the first half Dec. 1, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla.  (AP Photograph/John Raoux)

“I believe what might be achieved is simply you must have a look at all sides, and we don’t should overreact simply because I believe a man will get harm,” he stated. “We’re not deliberately attempting to harm anybody. I believe there’s an overreaction when somebody will get harm, however we simply have to have a look at all of it from all views.”

Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson defended his group for its response to the hit and known as Ryans’ response to the incident “shocking.” 

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“We’re not out to harm anyone. We’re not out to damage careers. We’re out to win a soccer recreation and play laborious throughout the guidelines. That’s our job. That’s how we coach it. That’s how we play it,” Pederson stated. 

“In the event that they’re asking or suggesting we go after somebody, we’re not doing that. Flat out, we’re not doing that. It’s not how I coach. It’s not how I’m going to teach these groups, these gamers. We’re simply going to exit and do our jobs. Play laborious, play quick, play bodily throughout the guidelines.”

Al-Shaair has issued an apology and insisted he did not intend to hit Lawrence illegally. The linebacker has additionally spoken out in opposition to “racist and Islamophobic followers” within the aftermath of the general public response to the incident. 

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) slides in entrance of Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (0) within the second quarter at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 1, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Photos)

However after it was introduced Al-Shaair’s attraction of his three-game suspension was denied, he despatched a message with a unique tone Wednesday. 

Al-Shaair posted an Instagram photograph assortment with the cryptic caption, “IF YOU WANT ME TO BE YOUR VILLAIN, ILL BE YOUR VILLAIN! SEE YOU SOON.”

The 4 pictures he posted had been of him coming into the sector, a pro-Palestinian cleat, a photograph of Heath Ledger as The Joker and a quote that stated, “There’s a magnificence in being rejected, misunderstood, unseen, and unprotected by individuals. It teaches you to depend on Allah for all the pieces.”

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