Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson successfully appealed his suspension after throwing a punch at Buffalo Bills linebacker Bradley Chubb following Monday night’s game.
The ban was reduced from two games to one, the NFL announced.
Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Brooks, the NFL appeals officer, heard Jackson’s side of the story and cut the initial suspension in half.
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Rams coach Sean McVay told reporters of the postgame altercation, “Have to make better decisions than that.”
Footage from the fray showed Jackson standing near midfield while exchanging jerseys with Bills defensive tackle Deone Walker. Chubb appeared to say something to Jackson, who responded with a punch.
“It’s just emotions, you know what I mean? Emotional game. It was a close game,” Chubb told the California Post after the Bills’ 37-34 overtime victory in Los Angeles. “And, you know, they always catch the second guy. So, I let him swing. And then my teammates held me back, and I just chilled.”
Buffalo safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson called for the NFL to intervene.
“So what we gone do about dude hitting Chubb,” he said on social media.
Jackson, 28, has already been on the NFL’s radar for past transgressions. He was suspended for the first two games of the 2024 season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
A woman sued him before that season, claiming he filmed her performing sexual acts without her consent.
This offseason, Jackson was arrested June 9 on suspicion of felony domestic violence after a confrontation with a woman at his home in California’s San Fernando Valley. His case was assigned for a prefiling diversion that likely lets him avoid criminal charges, but the NFL has yet to announce a decision on possible league discipline.
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