This BS will result in a fine for Jones and zippety doo dah for the Green Slime. That’s what happens when you have a dimwitted clown as the “leader” of an organization that is being run by scummy underlings. There are a lot of examples of this in our world today, I’ll leave it at that.
Like a lot of us, I’ve spent (wasted) too much time examining the videos. There is no clear evidence of anything wrong here on Jones’ part, and having taken a few in the jewels myself playing hockey, the fact that Gardner didn’t flinch one bit at the alleged impact tells me it’s ********. He’s trying to avoid a fine for a flagrant offense and will be successful not on its merits but leveraging the Park Avenue Belichick Derangement Syndrome and possibly other prejudices. Just remember the guy likely “investigating” this is not Goodell but rather the Science Expert Troy Vincent.
It’s a pile on now starting with Brian Burns, Calais Campbell, now Darius Slay and Mr. Silver Spoon Virtue Signal ThanksDad Mediocre Career Chris Long. If you are the “wrong type” like Mac who had the “audacity” to beat out Bryant Young and have a better college senior season than Hurts or Tua who are clearly playing better than Mac in the NFL then you are going to be the recipient of this kind of crap with no one questioning the “overtones.” He isn’t going to ever be let off the hook on this reputation, for the same reason that nitwits out there insist that Danny Ainge bit Tree Rollins 40 years ago.