JuJu Smith-Schuster Thinks NFL Created Double Standard By Upholding His Suspension

[polamalubeast]

Suspended for the past week after his hit on Vontaze Burfict, we haven’t gotten a chance to hear from JuJu Smith-Schuster, aside from a couple of tweets he’s sent out since. But posted today to his Youtube channel, he discussed in detail the hit he made and his reaction to the league suspending him for Sunday night’s game against the Baltimore Ravens.

Playing the new Call of Duty, which is officially the most millennial thing ever, Smith-Schuster discusses the hit.

“I didn’t know it was 55 until after,” he said. “I was like, ‘oh, I hit 55?’ So I looked over him and I was like, ‘oh damn, that’s Vontaze Burfict. That’s one of the most dirtiest players in the game and I actually got him.'”

Smith-Schuster still defends the hit as legal. He was fined for the collision and then once more for taunting him afterwards.

“I was just trying to make a block. I felt like it was a clean hit because I hit him in his shoulder pads. You can argue his helmet, his head did go back but still, I thought it was a clean hit.”


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[Born2Steel]

C'mon, don't lie about it. Of course you knew it was 55 Burfict. Look at the pic, face straight down to look eye to eye, with clenched fists. That was a taunt and deliberate.

That said, GREAT JOB, BEST HIT I HAVE SEEN ALL SEASON. Burfict got a little payback and it was well worth a 1 game suspension.(Since we ended up winning both games)

[DesertSteel]

C'mon, don't lie about it. Of course you knew it was 55 Burfict. Look at the pic, face straight down to look eye to eye, with clenched fists. That was a taunt and deliberate.

That said, GREAT JOB, BEST HIT I HAVE SEEN ALL SEASON. Burfict got a little payback and it was well worth a 1 game suspension.(Since we ended up winning both games)

He said he knew it was him when he looked down. That’s why he stared him down.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Of course they did and then they reinforced it some more by announcing that none of the cheap shot assholes from Seattle will be suspended either.

[Butch]

And by the way, the league announced today no players from the Seattle/Jacksonville debacle would be suspended for what happened Sunday. Michael Bennett took a low shot at the Jaguars’ center on a kneeldown and Quinton Jefferson attempted to fight a fan who threw a bottle at him. In the league’s eyes, that’s evidently less egregious

Move along nothing to see here.

[Mojouw]

Multiple reports indicate that the player who attempted to fight the fan was repeatedly called a racial slur and had beer thrown on him. Personally, I wish he would've got up into the stands and stomped the dude.

[j-d-s]

I'm not sure how in a civilized country racial slurs somehow justify violence.

[steelreserve]

They created a double standard a long time ago, this is just one more example of it.

Not a double standard, actually - more like no standard, just make it up as you go along.

[SteelerFanInStl]

Multiple reports indicate that the player who attempted to fight the fan was repeatedly called a racial slur and had beer thrown on him. Personally, I wish he would've got up into the stands and stomped the dude.

I don't advocate throwing drinks at players or using racial slurs (I'm not a Bengals fan) but he was kicked out of the game for a reason. If he hadn't taken a cheap shot at the Jags players and tried to start a fight on a kneel down, he wouldn't have gotten tossed and none of this would've happened. He also could've just ignored the fans and kept going into the locker room. Once he decided to stop and head toward the fans, then he just opened himself up to anything happening.

[43Hitman]

Multiple reports indicate that the player who attempted to fight the fan was repeatedly called a racial slur and had beer thrown on him. Personally, I wish he would've got up into the stands and stomped the dude.

Violence begets violence. I can't stand racism either, but it doesn't give anyone the right to smash someones face.

[bendsteel]

I don't advocate throwing drinks at players or using racial slurs (I'm not a Bengals fan) but he was kicked out of the game for a reason. If he hadn't taken a cheap shot at the Jags players and tried to start a fight on a kneel down, he wouldn't have gotten tossed and none of this would've happened. He also could've just ignored the fans and kept going into the locker room. Once he decided to stop and head toward the fans, then he just opened himself up to anything happening.

This x10!

[DesertSteel]

Yeah it could've gone Ron Artest and that's not cool for any reason.

[GBMelBlount]

It wouldn't surprise me if Burficts IQ goes UP after a blow to the head.

[Mojouw]

I hear what you all are saying, I really do. But I'm just sick and tired of the fact that any idiot with an internet connection or who buys a ticket to an event thinks they can do and say whatever they want without consequences.

I kinda feel like maybe a 300+ pound man climbing into the stands to ask the gentleman to repeat his previous statements might really be a solid learning experience for your average drunken asshole.

Obviously, I know as well as each of you that we can not realistically advocate or allow that to take place.

I mean change up the situation, what if a fan called AV a "baby-killer" and a "war criminal" and threw beer on him as he walked into the tunnel. What would you like to have happen there? At least part of you would like to see AV confront the fan and instruct him on a respectful exchange of viewpoints.

[86WARD]

Multiple reports indicate that the player who attempted to fight the fan was repeatedly called a racial slur and had beer thrown on him. Personally, I wish he would've got up into the stands and stomped the dude.

Doesn’t make it right. Sticks and stones...

The fan should lose privileges.

[tube517]

[Craic]

Okay. In all seriousness, when I first looked at that picture I thought to myself, Who's the lucky fourteen-year-old getting his pic taken with all the Steelers? What makes it even more hilarious is this is the same person that crushed Burfict and got suspended a game for being a bad, bad man.

[Hawkman]

AV is a goof ball!

[lipps83]

Okay. In all seriousness, when I first looked at that picture I thought to myself, Who's the lucky fourteen-year-old getting his pic taken with all the Steelers? What makes it even more hilarious is this is the same person that crushed Burfict and got suspended a game for being a bad, bad man.

Baby faced killer.

[43Hitman]

Hey all here is a must watch video of JuJu's interview today in the locker room. This kid has got such a great demeanor. I can't get enough of this guy. I think I may have a man-crush.

http://www.steelers.com/videos/video...4-d1fd7016bcce

[Fire Goodell]

Fire Goodell!

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Hey all here is a must watch video of JuJu's interview today in the locker room. This kid has got such a great demeanor. I can't get enough of this guy. I think I may have a man-crush.

http://www.steelers.com/videos/video...4-d1fd7016bcce

when they wrote the article about him in Latrobe staying after practice to catch footballs from the jugs machine, I knew the kid was gonna be a fan favorite. All he does is grind and that is the difference between success and failure in the nfl imo.

Sammie Coates is a better athlete, but not a natural catcher of the football like JuJu, but for a kid with great hands to put in that kind of time, while a guy like Coates who had suspect hands, we never heard of anything like that.....its the difference in where the 2 are IMO.

[Mojouw]

Just wanted to put this out there. Davis got suspended 2 games for his hit on Adams on Sunday.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/3135/thomas-davis

[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Just wanted to put this out there. Davis got suspended 2 games for his hit on Adams on Sunday.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/3135/thomas-davis

And I thought Davis hit looked like Iloka hit where he lead with the helmet to helmet.

Kind of a joke that last week it was 0 games, this week its 2 game suspension and what Gronkowski did was only 1 game.

[fansince'76]

Kind of a joke that last week it was 0 games, this week its 2 game suspension and what Gronkowski did was only 1 game.

NFL "discipline" in a nutshell:

[Mojouw]

And I thought Davis hit looked like Iloka hit where he lead with the helmet to helmet.

Kind of a joke that last week it was 0 games, this week its 2 game suspension and what Gronkowski did was only 1 game.

I think Iloka got a pass because he actually hit a ball carrier. Davis and Juju smacked someone blocking. Gronk should've got more than one.

[fansince'76]

I think Iloka got a pass because he actually hit a ball carrier. Davis and Juju smacked someone blocking. Gronk should've got more than one.

I think it had more to do with AB popping right back up instead of faking injury like Burfict did. The league office doesn't penalize a hit so much as they penalize the result, as well as the level of media "outrage" it generates.

[Hawkman]

I think it had more to do with AB popping right back up instead of faking injury like Burfict did. The league office doesn't penalize a hit so much as they penalize the result, as well as the level of media "outrage" it generates.

That sounds about right.

[AtlantaDan]

Just wanted to put this out there. Davis got suspended 2 games for his hit on Adams on Sunday.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/3135/thomas-davis

Reduce it to one game after the appeal - miss the Tampa Bay game where it will not matter and be back for what should be a big game in Atlanta

The league cannot get out of its own way with inconsistent applications of the "rules"

[Butch]

I think it had more to do with AB popping right back up instead of faking injury like Burfict did. The league office doesn't penalize a hit so much as they penalize the result, as well as the level of media "outrage" it generates.

I disagree, if it was social media then gronk would have had a 3 game or more suspension. There is a favored team and then there is the team that voted against the CBA and harbors James Harrison on the sidelines. Say what you will but the league is so crooked it could hide behind a corkscrew. IMHO