Landry rips Garrett ruling: NFL wanted to 'make an example'

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry expressed disappointment after the NFL upheld teammate Myles Garrett's indefinite suspension stemming from last Thursday's brawl.

"It's like they wanted to put it to bed early and make an example," Landry said on Friday, according to Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal. "The process wasn't handled appropriately. They expedited the process based on the video footage and based on the reaction of the world."

Garrett will miss the remainder of the 2019 season after swinging his helmet at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph.

The star pass-rusher claimed he heard a racial slur during his scuffle with Rudolph, but the second-year pivot strongly denied that assertion.

After all appeals were heard, the NFL reduced Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey's ban by one game. The league didn't suspend Rudolph following the incident, which also frustrated Landry.

"With the appeal process, you have (Pouncey) kicking and punching Myles, and he gets suspended, (then) he gets a game taken off of his (ban)," he said. "Then you have (Browns defensive tackle) Larry (Ogunjobi), who did way less than that. He still gets suspended for his game. So it makes no sense.

"Then you have (Rudolph) who's involved and pretty much instigated the whole thing, and nothing happens to him. It's almost like (the NFL is) deliberately trying to like mess with Cleveland."