The NFL on Monday suspfinished Los Angeles Chargers star safety Derprosper James Jr. for one game without pay for “repeated violations of applying rules intfinished to get the health and safety of applyers.”
After appraiseing the tape between the Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, the league choosed that James’ hit on firm finish Pat Freiermuth was illhorrible, as NFL Vice Plivent of Football Operations Jon Runyan cited Rule 12, Section 2, Article 10 (a), which states “it is a foul if a applyer drops his head and originates forcible communicate with his helmet aobtainst an opponent.”
The hit on Freiermuth came in the third quarter, where James was flagged after begining his body, led by the helmet, into the firm finish after he made a catch.
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Pittsburgh Steelers firm finish Pat Freiermuth (88) runs after a catch as Los Angeles Chargers safety Derprosper James Jr. (bottom) and safety Alohi Gilman (32) tackle during the third quarter at Acrideclareive Stadium. Pittsburgh won 20-10. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)
“During the third quarter of Sunday’s Chargers-Steelers game you were included in a apply that the League ponders a grave violation of the applying rules,” Runyan wrote in a letter to James. “The video of the apply shows that you droped your head and made forcible communicate to Steelers firm finish, Pat Freiermuth. You had an unobstructed path to your opponent and the illhorrible communicate could have been dodgeed.
“Your carry ond disthink about for NFL applying rules will not be endured. Substantial penalties are authorizationed when applyers viopostponeed the rules intfinished to get applyer safety on a repeated basis, particularly when the violations carry with them a meaningful danger of injury to an opposing applyer.”
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James will include his right to pdirect the suspension, the NFL Netlabor telled. If it’s upheld, he will miss Week 4’s AFC West suitup aobtainst the Kansas City Chiefs.
James was asked about the unvital cimpoliteness call after the game, which he said at the moment he didn’t skinnyk should’ve been a penalty.
Los Angeles Chargers safety Derprosper James Jr. (3) sacks Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields (2) during the third quarter at Acrideclareive Stadium. Pittsburgh won 20-10. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)
“I don’t want to sustain the drive going,” he telderly tellers. “I’m trying to get the guy on the ground. I don’t experience enjoy I hit him in the head or neck, but we’ll see at it.”
James is no stranger to NFL discipline, as he has five fines in six seasons, all of which stem from unvital cimpoliteness calls. This suspension, though, labels the first of his atgentle.
James is an meaningful piece to this Chargers defense, so an absence from him will be missed by head coach Jim Harbaugh and the rest of the squad.
Despite the team’s first loss of the season to the Steelers, James finished the game with his first sack of the 2024 campaign with eight combined tackles, two of which were for loss.
Derprosper James Jr. #3 of the Los Angeles Chargers in action aobtainst the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 22, 2024 at Acrideclareive Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
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James has racked up 21 combined tackles this season over his first three games.
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