This should not have happened. However I would like to know if there are tests of a person swinging a helmet and hitting someone on the head without a helmet and a person with a helmet on running full speed and hitting another person with a helmet on. The differences in possible damage to the person or persons affected. We have some idea about both players wearing helmets with one slamming into the other. But the swinging of a helmet we do not.You can blame Rudolph all you want, and hope he gets a small fine for be savagely attacked,, but that simply makes you an idiot. NO ONE out there is agreeing with that! Name the NFL rule he broke where it is a penalty for a QB to "react" to being hit late, dragged to the ground, held there once down, then have your helmet pulled off your head?The guy lost it and could have seriously injured Rudolph
The punishment was just
I also think Rudolph should be suspended a game for his role in the altercation
I disagree about the Mason Rudolph part. Garett started the whole thing with the late hit. You can blame Rudolph for reacting, especially considering the game was for all intensive purposes over at that point. I don’t think Rudolph deserves a suspension, maybe a small fine for reacting
I was saying that Rudolph was NOT the instigator. He did however participate in the skirmish, so I think a small fine may be appropriate
How could he NOT "participate" in the skirmish? He was being attacked and thrown to the ground and was trying to protect himself from a guy with already two or three fines this season for attacking people, including other QBs! The NFL has become a joke.
he wasn’t trying to protect himself, he tried to retaliate. Big difference. Again, I don’t think what he did was worthy of suspension, but if you consider the league’s history in discipline retaliation has always been a no no.