Cleveland Browns: Mason Rudolph fires back, threatens Myles Garrett with legal action through agent
By Randy Gurzi
The fight between Mason Rudolph and Myles Garrett won’t end as now the quarterback’s agent is making legal threats on the Cleveland Browns defender
Things between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers got completely out of hand last November. In a primetime game, Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett and Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph got into a fierce confrontation on the field that ended with Garrett hitting Rudolph in the head with his own helmet.
By now, every fan of each team knows what happened next. Garrett was suspended indefinitely and several others on both teams were punished. Rudolph, who started the fight, seemed to get off with the least amount of backlash — and even when Garrett claimed a racial slur was used by the signal-caller, he still got very little heat.
Fast forward to Valentine’s Day 2020 and the league finally lifted Garrett’s suspension, and he promptly doubled-down on his claims that Rudolph’s slur fired him up. Garrett said so in an exclusive interview on ESPN with Mina Kimes.
And now, Rudolph is once again responding. Rudolph, through his agent, is now using the word “defamatory” and is threatening legal action of Garrett.
A statement from Mason Rudolph’s agent with some key words, calling Myles Garrett’s claim of a racial slur, “defamatory.”
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 15, 2020
“He is now exposed to legal liability.” https://t.co/W6R0WEWXwU
If we are being honest, this whole thing has gotten out of hand. Garrett, to his credit, has never used Rudolph’s words as an excuse. In fact, he never stated publicly that this is what was said until this ESPN interview.
Before that, he only said the slur was used behind closed doors as he tried to explain his actions on Nov. 14. Not excuse — explain.
As for Rudolph, the backup quarterback has thoroughly enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame. Despite starting the fight — and going back at Garrett once it was broken up — Rudolph took shots at No. 95 every chance he had. If a microphone has been in front of him, he has been calling Garrett out — and even admitted to attacking him full of anger.
He even said that he knew the line had things stopped but he was so “angry” that he went back after Garrett.
"“I felt like I had a bone to pick after what he did. I appreciate the line always having my back and putting it to to bed. But I was angry.” ‚— Rudolph, via Hacob Klinger, Steelers beat reporter"
The bottom line is, Rudolph started the fight. Rudolph continued to push the fight. And then when he pushed Garrett too far, he cried foul and now is threatening legal action.
It’s a crazy situation and somehow Garrett continues to come off as the bad guy even though Rudolph is the one who wants to keep fighting.
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The next time these teams meet, it should be interesting. Well, maybe — first we have to see if Rudolph is even on the Steelers anymore by then.