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NFL Storylines: Mason Rudolph to Be Fined, Emmanuel Ogbah Place on IR

It was a wild week in the NFL for former Pokes.

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There’s rarely a shortage of things to talk about when it comes to former Cowboys in the NFL, but this week was as wild as any I can remember.

Let’s start with football-related news, and we’ll get to the drama that kicked off the NFL’s Week 11 below.

Blake Jarwin Continues to Produce in Limited Role

I talked last week about Blake Jarwin’s case for reps over an aging Jason Witten, and that case continues to get stronger. Jarwin caught both of his targets in the Cowboys’ 35-27 win over the Lions for 38 yards in 23 offensive snaps. Compare that to 33 yards on seven targets for Witten who started and played 65 snaps.

There are reasons, I’m sure, that Witten is getting the heavy nod over Jarwin. (He is a future Hall of Famer.) And who am I to question Jason Garrett? But here’s a string of tweets that support the growing #JarwinOverWitten sect of Cowboys fans.

Witten returned from a one-year retirement to usurp the budding tight end star and signed a one-year deal with Dallas. Jarwin is also facing free agency this spring. If Witten does re-up with America’s team, could Jarwin find a suitor elsewhere? With his production and big-play ability, he’s got to at least be on the radar for a number of NFL teams.

Emmanuel Ogbah Placed on IR

The former Big 12 DL of the Year suffered a torn right pectoral muscle a week ago during the Chiefs’ loss to the Titans. It was expected to be a longterm injury, so it came as little surprise on Monday when Kansas City announced the fourth-year edge rusher had been placed on the injured reserve list.

Before leaving the game against Tennessee, Ogbah had pushed his season sack total to a career-best 5.5, which leads Kansas City. He is set to be an unrestricted free agent next year.

Injury Added to Insult for Mason Rudolph

What promised to be an intriguing, if not fun, rematch of college rivals-turned-division rivals in Mason Rudolph and Baker Mayfield got ugly quick for the former. And then it got a different kind of ugly at the end.

Rudolph threw a career-high (college career included) four interceptions and, frankly, could have thrown a couple more that were dropped by defenders. It was, by far, his worst outing as a pro and ended a four-game winning streak for the Steelers and dropped him to 4-3 as a starter.

The Steelers were down by two touchdowns, and it was up to Rudolph to take the final snap with just seconds remaining. What happened after that has been replayed, discussed and Twitter fought about ad nauseam for the last five days.

Myles Garrett and Mason Rudolph got into an on-field scuffle fueled by frustration and egos, and Garrett crossed the line by using Rudolph’s helmet as a weapon. Garrett was suspended indefinitely, but is appealing. Rudolph will get fined. Each had a teammate miss at least one game.

Mike Gundy was even asked about the incident during his pre-West Virginia press conference.

Once you get past the fact that Rudolph was not seriously injured — which is the most important part — the whole thing has become rather tiring.

But there will be more news, more silly takes and probably some frame-by-frame breakdown analyzing Rudolph’s intentions before being ironically clobbered over the head with his own safety equipment.

Fortunately, Garrett was kinda enough to hit him with the open side of the helmet. (Warning: grownup language)

 

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