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Allison Koehler

Steelers S Damontae Kazee plans to appeal suspension

Damontae Kazee will appeal the suspension the NFL handed down this afternoon for his hit on Indianapolis Colts receiver Michael Pittman.

ESPN’s Josina Anderson reached out Kazee’s agent Ron Butler who had this today about the suspension:

I want to bring light to the situation of defensive players who are in a position feeling like they have to make plays to keep their job, but also not having any intent to injure. This is the most I’ve dealt with fines since I’ve been an agent. I understand they’re trying to clean up the game, but at this point it’s a bit extreme. As for the notion of Kazee receiving a harsher punishment for being a ‘repeat violator’ you have to remember most of his fines that were assessed this season got rescinded after appeal. So we have to be careful about that classification and narrative.

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