Jalen Carter is once again in the spotlight, but this time not for his head-crushing tackles. Instead, he is in for a much more controversial moment that led him off the gridiron just seconds into the play. Only 6 seconds into the play, the Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle was ejected after a shocking incident: he spat on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. The tension between the players soon turned from a face-to-face confrontation to an ugly action that stunned fans and commentators. Many spectators, including NFL legend and former Pittsburgh Steelers’ linebacker James Harrison, voiced his opinion about the whole incident
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In a conversation with Joe Haden, a former Steelers cornerback, Harrison expressed his frustration with the whole incident. “Most disrespectful thing in the world you could do,” Harrison said on the Deebo and Joe podcast. “If somebody was to spit on me like, go ahead, get my bail money together like, like, I’m going to jail. I want to say that I would be able to control myself especially being in that situation, but he spit that on his neck, the disrespect,” he added by expressing his discontent.
“The only way I can understand why the offensive line didn’t react is that there’s no way in hell they saw that because that’s like an all-out brawl. And that’s in both teams. Y’all just cancelled the first regular-season game because this is not going to stop. It’s no way on god’s green earth dude that the linemen saw that. I believe they gotta suspend this dude man. I think he gotta get at least six games,” he said.
Jalen Carter’s lucky Deebo wasn’t in Dak’s shoes last night or else he’d be in jail 😅😂 @jharrison9292 #DeeboAndJoe
This is not the first time that the Steelers have been associated with a demeaning action on the field. In 2004, the Cleveland Browns‘ William Green accused Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter of spitting on him. This reportedly sparked a pre-game fight between the two in November 2004. The altercation led both players to exit, and the NFL fined them. But the outcome was different the other time. In 2020, the NFL fined Marcus Peters (Baltimore Ravens) $12,500 for spitting on Jarvis Landry (Cleveland Browns), but they did not suspend him.
What awaits Carter?
Well, Prescott either started the quarrel or was provoked by spitting. Who spat on whom? Let the jury sift through the rubble. We all saw Jalen Carter spit on an opponent on Thursday, and the NFL will hold that against him. That will definitely not help his case, which the NFL will hear and decide this week. If he does get suspended, he is most likely to seek an expedited appeal. Then we will see if the league upholds the suspension on appeal.