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Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was suspended for the past three games after an illegal hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence earlier in December.
But with that suspension now over, Al-Shaair revealed on social media that he met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the league's executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, and vice president of football operations Jon Runyan to "express the way I felt about how I was characterized in the letter sent out by the NFL."
"Without going into detail, the meeting we had was productive and gave me hope for moving forward and playing the game that I love with continued best intentions, while also not having my character and integrity unjustifiably smeared.