@canton-dawg said:

I  don't know how Myles ended up on top of him, Garrett actually pulled him down on top of himself during the play. . .

Unless Rudolph is skipping the part about trying to rip MG's helmet off with his head still in it.

Or, unless he is just a lying rat's asshole.   Or, maybe after MG pulled him down on top of him, and when Maya began trying to poke his eyes and kick his nuts, MG did role him over to try to obtain a position of dominance.  We know he got up from him and began dragging him around by his helmet. 

Again....the Scut Farkas of the NFL.

@tour2ma said:

"As I released the ball, I took a late shot, did not agree with the way he then took me to the ground. My natural reaction was to just get him off from on top of me.

I  don't know how Myles ended up on top of him, Garrett actually pulled him down on top of himself during the play. . .

Unless Rudolph is skipping the part about trying to rip MG's helmet off with his head still in it.

Spears' take was the sternest at 10-12 games; Del Rio's was the shortest at 4 weeks.

Then they listened to Rudolph...

Spears dropped his suspension length to 4 games.

@jbluhm86 said:

So if someone was to shoot at your dome with a .45 and somehow misses you, they shouldn't be punished because they didn't actually harm you, no?

Who said that?  No one.  But that is not the scenario we have. 

We have the scenario where....someone broke into your house, burgled the place, made threats to you, then was run off, and you shot at him and missed...or merely grazed his hat  as he was running off.  You would NOT be charged or punished nearly as bad as if  you had in fact shot him. 

You would be punished for your actions in exceeding what was necessary to protect yourself, but, since you did not kill or paralyze the mother fucker, and  barely caused any harm at all to him.   (maybe just to his pride)....your punishment is highly diminished.  At least that is how it works in the legal world.   In the fantasy world of the NFL  (not to be confused with fantasy football)....it may not work that way by any means. 

@jbluhm86 said:

So if someone was to shoot at your dome with a .45 and somehow misses you, they shouldn't be punished because they didn't actually harm you, no?

Oh yeah.

Like why don't you swing again only aim a little more to the right this time. 

Myles was an idiot and the BROWNS and all of the loyal fans are paying for his stupidity right along with him.  

He might be very morally right -but- lost the big battle big time.  Chalk up a big moral victory for Myles.....and hey everybody knows his name now.

@the-gipper said:

Except that they have dealt with it like it WAS the worse case scenario, it seems. 

And, yet, again, yes, they are just going by the "optics".....and discounting the fact there there was no actual harm whatsoever

So if someone was to shoot at your dome with a .45 and somehow misses you, they shouldn't be punished because they didn't actually harm you, no?

@oldbrownsfan said:

Not a bad prepared statement from Rudolph IMO. I can imagine the Q and A so I didn't bother to look at it. Time to move forward and focus on Miami...

"All lawyered up !" 

@tour2ma said:

Rudolph finally spoke on the incident and took full blame...

Just kidding... here's the prepared statement he read.

Not a bad prepared statement from Rudolph IMO. I can imagine the Q and A so I didn't bother to look at it. Time to move forward and focus on Miami...

@dutch-oven said:

He got lucky. Myles got damn lucky.

So did Mason.

Had 6' 5" 280 lb. all pro DE candidate really connected right on the money he might have graduated from BROWNS #95 to inmate #21655501 and learned new words like "well your honor, I was...."

The NFL wants to "spit the hook" on this little affair ASAP if nothing else from a PR viewpoint because the soccer moms and some dads now already think tackle football is barbaric and want it banned from this Earth.

SO the NFL is going to make a big example of Myles and smack him good, pass out other monetary fines and admonishments out to the teams and anyone else from either CLEVELAND and Pittsburgh who was even at or watching the game and move on, quick !

And we all get to file this under the "LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS FAIR" department and get over it.

GO BROWNS, now what? Oh yeah beat Miami !

Just kidding... here's the prepared statement he read.

@the-gipper said:

He said "is a fine"...not  it is fine. 

sorry, that is true - but I'm talking about suspensions. It it's only a fine, kick every steeler qb or a steeler in the nuts, and it's

just a fine. As in, don't worry about being suspended, "it's fine". Sorry bout confusing that.

@calfoxwc said:

I just think after Troy Vincent reviews the play on slow motion a bunch of times....

he'll grow a pair and suspend rudoolphus for a game.

Like, one of the next two.

and the qb knows he instigated it, and re-escalated it.

Meanwhile, on the news this evening - Jim Donovan reported that Ogunjobi appealed, but

the one game suspension stands.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/alleged-whistleblower-was-friends-with-current-schiff-staffer

"As for Rudolph, Vincent more or less confirmed that nothing that he did rose to the level of a suspension, but he did say that “there could be multiple fines coming to him if we find another action that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct”.

He cited the quarterback’s grabbing of Garrett’s facemask after being illegally taken to the ground as an infraction. “The grabbing of the facemask, that is a fine”, he said, confirming that Rudolph will be short some money for his own role in the confrontation."

TRYING TO RIP OFF GARRETT'S HELMET FROM THE BACK OF HIS HELMET ??? is FINE?

HOW ABOUT KICKING GARRETT IN THE NUTS ? You think that is "fine"

then I hope rudolph gets kicked in the nuts at least once every game.

He said "is a fine"...not  it is fine. 

he'll grow a pair and suspend rudoolphus for a game.

Like, one of the next two.

and the qb knows he instigated it, and re-escalated it.

Meanwhile, on the news this evening - Jim Donovan reported that Ogunjobi appealed, but

the one game suspension stands.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/alleged-whistleblower-was-friends-with-current-schiff-staffer

"As for Rudolph, Vincent more or less confirmed that nothing that he did rose to the level of a suspension, but he did say that “there could be multiple fines coming to him if we find another action that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct”.

He cited the quarterback’s grabbing of Garrett’s facemask after being illegally taken to the ground as an infraction. “The grabbing of the facemask, that is a fine”, he said, confirming that Rudolph will be short some money for his own role in the confrontation."

TRYING TO RIP OFF GARRETT'S HELMET FROM THE BACK OF HIS HELMET ??? is FINE?

HOW ABOUT KICKING GARRETT IN THE NUTS ? You think that is "fine"

then I hope rudolph gets kicked in the nuts at least once every game.

@d-bone said:

Very similar to one of those little league parent fights we all see on the news. Parents are always banned for life from all things related to little league even though no one is ever injured..... the governing body just can't have that associated with their brand.  

OK,,,,,,nevertheless...both are stupid. 

poking people in the eyes/kicking or kneeing them in the balls though is "brand approved"?

@the-gipper said:

Except that they have dealt with it like it WAS the worse case scenario, it seems. 

And, yet, again, yes, they are just going by the "optics".....and discounting the fact there there was no actual harm whatsoever

Very similar to one of those little league parent fights we all see on the news. Parents are always banned for life from all things related to little league even though no one is ever injured..... the governing body just can't have that associated with their brand.  

@the-gipper said:

Except that they have dealt with it like it WAS the worse case scenario, it seems. 

And, yet, again, yes, they are just going by the "optics".....and discounting the fact there there was no actual harm whatsoever

He got lucky. Myles got damn lucky.

@d-bone said:

^ Great picture of the contact point. Luckily that is the padded side of the helmet which resulted in no visible injuries...... had that have been a hard plastic edge, which more than likely would've resulted in split skin on a place that will bleed profusely, it would have been a whole different level of optics that Myles and the NFL would be dealing with.

Things can always be worse. 

Except that they have dealt with it like it WAS the worse case scenario, it seems. 

And, yet, again, yes, they are just going by the "optics".....and discounting the fact there there was no actual harm whatsoever

Things can always be worse.