Los Angeles Chargers security Derwin James was suspended this week for hitting an opponent within the helmet and head coach Jim Harbaugh strongly believes the NFL made the flawed resolution.
James lowered his helmet and delivered a excessive hit on Steelers tight finish Pat Freiermuth through the Chargers’ 20-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. The NFL reviewed the play and suspended James for one game as he’s a repeat offender in the case of pointless roughness penalties.
On Wednesday, Harbaugh informed reporters that he was “dissatisfied” within the NFL’s resolution to droop James. The Chargers coach felt James solely hit Freiermuth within the head as a direct results of Freiermuth throwing a stiff-arm after the tight finish established himself as a runner.
“There was not a defenseless participant, modified his course, and I assumed that Derwin’s helmet was stiff-armed by Mr. Freiermuth,” Harbaugh mentioned, via Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. “I assumed that brought on his head to make the contact, and I assumed the contact was first with the forearm, then the shoulder, then the top.”
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