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Football is different - it's a violent sport and fights are to be expected.  They even occur among teammates during practice.  I'm not saying that it's okay, or that there shouldn't be a punishment, but Garrett's punishment struck me as a bit too severe. Ray Rice gets two games for beating the crap out of a woman, while Garrett gets half a season or more for escalating a fight in the heat of battle (albeit very egregiously) with a grown man who was kind of asking for it.

I agree 100%. This is nowhere close to a federal case (you know what I mean), especially considering that Rudolph a.) was the first to grab helmet and b.) was charging at Garrett at the time the helmet got swung.

I would like to see Garrett's suspension reduced to four games. What he did, while dangerous, was not as flat out vicious as what Albert Haynesworth did (stomping on a player's head while the other player was on the ground defenseless). Haynesworth got six games for that borderline criminal act.

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Football is different - it's a violent sport and fights are to be expected.  They even occur among teammates during practice.  I'm not saying that it's okay, or that there shouldn't be a punishment, but Garrett's punishment struck me as a bit too severe. Ray Rice gets two games for beating the crap out of a woman, while Garrett gets half a season or more for escalating a fight in the heat of battle (albeit very egregiously) with a grown man who was kind of asking for it.

I agree 100%. This is nowhere close to a federal case (you know what I mean), especially considering that Rudolph a.) was the first to grab helmet and b.) was charging at Garrett at the time the helmet got swung.

I would like to see Garrett's suspension reduced to four games. What he did, while dangerous, was not as flat out vicious as what Albert Haynesworth did (stomping on a player's head while the other player was on the ground defenseless). Haynesworth got six games for that borderline criminal act.