Myles Garrett, 2019 dirty plays
Week 1: Punched Titans TE Delanie Walker after whistle
Week 2: Ended Jets QB Trevor Siemian's season on late hit
Week 11: Struck Steelers QB Mason Rudolph over head with helmet@NFL should suspend him for the rest of season #Browns pic.twitter.com/Uf3hi5K4L7
— Kevin Boilard (@247KevinBoilard) November 15, 2019
Garrett didn’t make the claim until after he got all the blowback and was suspended.
Via NY Post:
Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward came to teammate Mason Rudolph’s defense on Thursday.
During his appeal hearing with the NFL on Wednesday, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett claimed Rudolph’s use of a racial slur was what instigated their fight last week. Heyward said that after finding out, the Pittsburgh quarterback went out of his way to tell him it wasn’t true.
“He was pretty distraught and said, ‘I did not say that,’” Heyward told reporters on Thursday. “I think we knew that using that as an excuse is not right.”
The league says it looked into Garrett’s allegations that Rudolph used a racial slur “and found no such evidence.” Rudolph was scheduled to speak to reporters on Thursday, but the team released a statement from Rudolph denying Garrett’s accusations instead. Before Garrett’s claims became public, Rudolph claimed on Wednesday that he didn’t say anything to the Browns star.
“Definitely didn’t say anything that escalated it,” Rudolph said.