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NFL say what?
I completely understand Demeco Ryans backing his player. Good coaches do that, and it’s invaluable in the room.
But did Ryans just blame Trevor Lawrence’s slide — and claiming the Jaguars overreacted — to the dirty-as-a-frat-house-bathroom hit linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair delivered Sunday?
Hey, it’s a violent game and the line between hit or avoid on sliding QBs or QBs ducking out-of-bounds is blurry. But that’s the game and those are the rules.