The NFL has suspended Broncos S Kareem Jackson four games for repeated unnecessary roughness penalties, per Mike Klis.
Jackson has been fined four times for unnecessary roughness penalties and was flagged again in Sunday’s win against the Packers for a helmet-to-helmet hit. He was also ejected.
In a statement, NFL VP of football operations Jon Runyan, who handles a lot of the discipline regarding fines each week for the league, said, “On the play in question you delivered a forceful blow to the head/neck area of a defenseless receiver, when you had the time and space to avoid such contact. You could have made contact with your opponent within the rules, yet you chose not to.”
Multiple reports indicate Jackson plans to appeal the suspension.
Jackson, 35, is a former first-round pick of the Texans back in 2010. He played out the final year of his four-year, $34 million contract before agreeing to a three-year, $33 million contract with the Broncos in 2019.
Denver declined Jackson’s option for the 2021 season but elected to bring him back on a one-year, $5 million deal after he explored his options on the market. He returned on another one-year deal for the 2023 season.
In 2023, Jackson has appeared in seven games and record 42 total tackles, two interceptions and three pass deflections.
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