Texans’ DeMeco Ryans suggests Trevor Lawrence bares some blame for brutal hit, says Jags gamers overreacted
Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans instructed on Monday that Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence was at fault for the concussion he suffered on the massive hit from linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair throughout their matchup over the weekend.
Al-Shaair hit Lawrence across the head and neck space as Lawrence slid during a scramble. Ryans informed reporters the group stood behind Al-Shaair after the hit and the criticism he obtained for it. The coach didn’t seem to assume that Al-Shaair was the one one at fault.
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Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans solutions questions from reporters after an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (AP Picture/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Ryans referred to as the hit on Lawrence “unlucky.”
“However it’s additionally – it’s twofold, proper? I imply quite a lot of the quarterbacks at the moment. They attempt to make the most of the rule the place they slide late, and so they attempt to get an additional yard, and now you’re a defender, quite a lot of onus is on the defender whether or not it’s on the sideline or whether or not it’s on the quarterback, you don’t know what a man pondering,” Ryans stated. “You don’t know if a man is standing up and he’s persevering with to run, you don’t know, and you then get a late slide, and also you’re – you hit the man.
“Unlucky that Trevor acquired harm. Hope Trevor is OK, but it surely’s additionally, if we’re sliding, we now have to get down. If we’re getting out of bounds, we get out of bounds and that rule is there to guard the quarterbacks, and we wish our quarterbacks to be secure within the league, so we simply must be secure. If we’re sliding, be sure we’re holding our heads down. And all the factor is Azeez – he hits the man, however their sideline overreacts, and it turns right into a melee.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, #16, slides down in entrance of Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, #0, at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Dec. 1, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Photographs)
“It wasn’t our guys. It’s their staff overreacted, pushed our man, dragging our man to the sideline, in order that’s uncalled for on that facet. We have now to be higher on the sidelines, as nicely, with each groups.”
Ryans instructed that an excessive amount of of the onus was on the defender to someway miss the sliding quarterback in bang-bang conditions.
“I believe what might be achieved is simply it’s a must to have a look at all sides, and we don’t must overreact simply because I believe a man will get harm,” he stated. “We’re not deliberately attempting to harm anybody. I believe there may be an overreaction when somebody will get harm, however we simply have to take a look at all of it from all views.”
Al-Shaair apologized for the hit on Lawrence and understood why Jaguars gamers reacted the way in which they did.
Houston Texans’ head coach DeMeco Ryans reacts to a play in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the course of the first half of an NFL soccer recreation on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (AP Picture/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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ESPN reported that it’s anticipated the NFL will droop Al-Shaair.
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