Broncos veteran safety suspended for four games

Kareem Jackson has been slapped collectively along with his second suspension of the season. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports that the Broncos safety has been suspended 4 video video games “for repeated violations of the participant safety tips.”

In the NFL’s release (h/t NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport), NFL Vice President of Soccer Operations Jon Runyan cited a play from Sunday’s recreation the place Jackson made illegal contact with Vikings quarterback Joshua Dobbs. Notably, the league issued a suspension for violation of Rule 12, Half 2, Article 10 which states that “it’s a foul if a participant lowers his head and makes forcible contact collectively along with his helmet in opposition to an opponent.”

“Illegal acts which could be flagrant and jeopardize the safety of players is just not going to be tolerated,” Runyan wrote in a letter to Jackson. “The League will proceed to emphasise enforcement of the foundations that prohibit using your helmet to make forcible contact alongside along with your opponent.”

Following Denver’s Week 7 matchup with the Packers, Jackson was hit with a four-game ban for violating the league’s pointless roughness tips. Following an attraction, that suspension was knocked all the way down to 2 video video games. The 35-year-old was merely activated from the reserve/suspension file remaining week. Jackson was moreover tossed from Denver’s Week 2 recreation (and later fined) for a flagrant foul.

Jackson could be allowed to attraction his latest suspension. If he does actually sit 4 video video games, he’ll be eligible to return to the energetic roster in Week 16.

After spending the first 9 seasons of his career with the Texans, Jackson joined the Broncos earlier to the 2019 advertising marketing campaign. He started all 61 of his appearances by means of his first 4 seasons in Denver, and he’s started each of his eight appearances this 12 months. The veteran has collected 51 tackles and two interceptions in 2023, and he had 9 tackles in his return from suspension this earlier weekend.