NOVEMBER 26: Per NFL senior vice president of football & international communications Michael Signora, Moehrig’s one-game suspension has been upheld on appeal. Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Brooks was the hearing officer jointly appointed by the NFL and NFLPA.
NOVEMBER 25: The NFL has suspended Panthers safety Tre’von Moehrig for one game without pay as a result of his actions in a loss to the 49ers on Monday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. Moehrig was caught on video punching 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings below the belt.
According to a league statement (via David Newton of ESPN), Moehrig’s punch violated “Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1, which applies to “any act which is contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship,” including, among others, “throwing a punch, or a forearm, or kicking at an opponent.”’
Moehrig will appeal the suspension, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. If the league upholds the ban, he’ll miss the Panthers’ game against the Rams on Sunday.
Jennings will not sit out any games, meanwhile, though the league is reviewing his actions for a possible fine, Pelissero relays. He struck Moehrig’s facemask with an open hand and shoved him in retaliation before the two were separated following the game.
Moehrig admitted afterward that he would “most likely” receive a fine (via David Kaye of the Charlotte Observer). However, he claimed Jennings provoked the attack with trash talking and “dirty stuff” after plays.
The Panthers fell to 6-6 on Monday. Their playoff hopes are hanging by a thread heading into a meeting with the 9-2 Rams, the NFC’s top seed. Going without Moehrig would make it all the more difficult for Carolina to pull an upset.
After Moehrig spent the first four years of his career with the Raiders, he joined the Panthers on a three-year, $51MM contract last March. Moehrig has started in all 12 of the Panthers’ games this season while notching 81 tackles, an interception, and a sack. He’s tied with fellow Panthers safety Nick Scott for the team lead in defensive snaps. Fourth-round rookie Lathan Ransom and Demani Richardson are on hand as depth options if Moehrig misses Week 13.
As one game suspension-worthy offenses go, I’d much rather be spit at than take a shot to the nuts from a 200 pound safety.
To be spit at is disgusting. No way. But getting punched down there ain’t no joke either.
To be clear, I’m not saying I’d be OK with either. But one of those things washes off and one will have you still walking funny the next day.
I’d rather he just spit on my nuts
The suspension actually hurts the 49ers.
This thug sits out against the Rams.
They do not need any help.
Jennings should be given a onetime shot st his nuts….just evening the score up
Jennings actually hit him after the game not in nuts though but he did confront him.
No cup
Waiting for Goodell to announce that punching and spitting have now been added to the list of playoff tie breakers 🙂
It will determine home field advantage in the World Series.
Wow this is just….nuts
Did Jennings get a fine? NFL dropped the ball if they don’t fine Jennings
Not condoning Moehrigs actions but……
Everyone saw the retaliation where Jennings went after Moehrig and if the NFL doesn’t fine Jennings it sends the message it’s acceptable for players to air their grievances post game and shouldn’t expect punishment for doing such long as it’s after the game not pre or during.
Any post game altercations their lawyers NFLPA whoever will point to the Jennings Moehrig altercation and the NFLs failure to fine Jennings as precedent to negate any punishment handed down for future post game issues.
I think any acts of retaliation should be given immunity. No fines, no suspensions. Maybe that will make players things twice about instigating unsportsmanlike conduct in the first place.
Guy got punched in the nuts and you think he’s in the wrong for retaliating. If anything, Jennings should have been rewarded for not knocking Moehring out then and there.
Morally wrong? No Moehrig had it coming
Public image wrong? Yup
You can’t have athletes on camera throwing punches and say “well we will excuse it cause this happened prior”
That’s a bad precedent to set and how you get more fights after games cause guys will wait till after games to target someone potentially injure them with a blind shot cause of something that happened in the game like grabbing all game and no pi called all game or a hard block that wasn’t called or trash talking all game and someone loses their temper after the game.
I bet if someone went up to a Phillies offensive lineman after the game and cleaned their clock for giving them a concussion after the game for all the dirty shots phillies oline take in the piles during the toosh push you’d be in arms and upset if the NFL didn’t fine a guy punching your teams players.
“Public image wrong? Yup”
No, because everyone that sees it, sees that it was because he was assaulted. Literally no one normal has an issue with what Jennings did.
Stop arguing in bad faith.
They should both be suspended, fined and the video played during team meeting with the caption “you’re weak if this is what you resort to, my sister hits harder and both of you’d be writhing on the ground if she popped you”
Low character savage.
Why does Detroit lions F/B players get the worst thing possible when it comes down to fines and suspensions of games, look last week w/r got fined and suspended for same stuff, I think Goodall calling the shots here, if he don’t like you he’s going to give it to you in the ying-Yang, seen it to many times on other players involved in same stuff. It should be the same for everyone, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.