We thought the fallout from the Myles Garrett–Mason Rudolph saga from last season was over this week after the former was reinstated from his indefinite suspension and the latter had his $50,000 fine stemming from that mid-November game upheld upon appeal. As it turns out, it may actually just be beginning.
Shortly after being reinstated, Garrett, who claimed during his appeal hearing that Rudolph had used a racial slur to refer to him while they were on the field, reiterated his claim, this time in public. We first learned of this through a leak, and he was later forced to issue a statement acknowledging it, saying, “I know what I heard”.