Broncos safety Kareem Jackson had his suspension for repeated unnecessary roughness fouls cut from four games to two after a Tuesday appeal hearing, the league announced.
Jackson had his case heard Tuesday by former linebacker Derrick Brooks, one of two officers appointed jointly by the NFL and the NFL Players Association to hear such matters.
Jackson, the 14-year veteran, will miss Sunday’s game against Kansas City and a Monday Night game on Nov. 13 at Buffalo after the Broncos’ bye week. He’s eligible to return to practice on Tuesday, Nov. 14, and will be cleared to return to game action that weekend against Minnesota.
The reduction also has financial impact for Jackson. At his base salary of $2,515,000, a two-game suspension will cost him $279,444 in game checks rather than double that amount.
The league’s suspension came Monday after Jackson was ejected for the second time this season. The latest was for a hit against Green Bay tight end Luke Musgrave. Jackson was fined four times totaling $89,670 over Denver’s first six games for unnecessary roughness. Three of those incidents included hits to the head. Then Sunday he hit Musgrave when the tight end was considered to be a defenseless receiver.
Broncos players and also prominent analysts like former Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman came to Jackson’s defense after the Sunday hit.
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