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By Andrew McCarty
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The Los Angeles Chargers are quietly in the hunt for the No. 1 seed in the AFC after winning seven of their last eight games - including a 34-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 16.
That victory, though, appears to have cost the team one of its best defenders. Linebacker Denzel Perryman was flagged for unnecessary roughness with a hit on Cowboys wide receiver Ryan Flournoy, who was ruled out of the game after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit from the linebacker.
After the game, Perryman didn't take kindly to being labeled as a dirty player by fans. "Never proud of someone calling em a dirty player, never been a dirty player since i start at the age of 6.. I play fast and physical, me and #19 talked after the game we good," he said in a message on social media.
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While Perryman may have cleared things with Flournoy, the NFL didn't appreciate his hit. On Monday, Dec. 22, the league hit Perryman with a two-game suspension without pay for continuously violating league rules.
“During the second quarter, Perryman was penalized for unnecessary roughness for delivering a forcible blow to the helmet of Cowboys wide receiver Ryan Flournoy while he was on the ground after making a catch, violating Rule 12, Section 2, Article 10(b), which prohibits 'using any part of the helmet or facemask to butt or make forcible contact to an opponent’s head or neck area,'" the NFL said in a statement.
Perryman previously received a suspension from the league in 2023 after a hit on Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase. He reportedly plans to appeal the suspension, but if it's upheld, he'd miss games against the Houston Texans and Denver Broncos.
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