LOS ANGELES — The NFL suspended Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman for 2 video games with out pay, citing “repeated violations of taking part in guidelines supposed to guard the well being and security of gamers, together with throughout Sunday’s sport towards the Dallas Cowboys.”
Perryman was flagged for pointless roughness within the second quarter of the Chargers’ 34-17 win after delivering a helmet-to-helmet hit on Dallas Cowboys large receiver Ryan Flournoy, who was on the bottom after making a catch. Perryman remained within the sport and completed with six tackles, second-most on the workforce.
“I believed he was attempting to go over the sort out and over the ball service and hopefully that’ll be considered on enchantment,” coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned Monday of the helmet-to-helmet hit. “I believe Denzel’s carried out a very good job — an amazing job — of attempting to take the helmet out of his play. And I do know he’ll proceed to try this.”
Perryman’s agent Ron Butler informed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, that Perryman will enchantment the suspension. However whether it is upheld, he wouldn’t be eligible to return to the Chargers’ energetic roster till Monday, Jan. 5, following video games towards the Houston Texans and Denver Broncos.
The suspension comes at a vital level within the Chargers’ season. With wins of their remaining two video games, the Chargers would clinch the AFC West for the primary time since 2009 and host a playoff sport. Perryman is the workforce’s greatest run-defending linebacker.
Perryman was final suspended in 2023 after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Bengals large receiver Ja’Marr Chase, which additionally resulted in an pointless roughness penalty.
