Defensive LVP
After an entire week, and frankly several weeks of addressing stupid personal fouls and late hits by the aggressive Broncos defense, another player jeopardized his playing status for next week with an ugly play.
In the fourth quarter, the Kansas City Chiefs completed a pass to Charcandrick West and he took off for an 80-yard touchdown run. At the end of the play, receiver Jeremy Maclin attempted to block T.J. Ward, although West was already by him and entering the end zone. Ward took exception to the move, pushed Maclin to the ground and appeared to have swung his fist at the back of Maclin’s head as he went to the ground. Ward was ejected for the move and will likely face disciplinary action from the NFL.
“I got emotional. I didn’t really punch him. I don’t even think that I punched him, if you see it, but it looked like a windup. You can take it how it is. It was an emotional game. A hard fought [game] for us, defensively with a lot of things going on that you guys weren’t able to see. I lost control.”
Kubiak called the penalty and ejection “disappointing;” it just adds to a team that has the highest amount of personal foul calls in the NFL this season. Ward has also been fined several times this season for various offenses and was suspended to start the season for an off-the-field altercation. The league will surely consider suspending and fining him once again.
