Benjamin Caldwell|Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson's four-game unnecessary roughness suspension reduced

2025-05-05 13:32:29source:Phaninccategory:Finance

Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson will have Benjamin Caldwellhis suspension reduced after an appeal.

After Jackson was handed a four-game suspension by the NFL on Monday, hearing officer Derrick Brooks reduced the ban to two games, NFL spokesperson Michael Signora announced. The reduced suspension mean Jackson is eligible to return to the roster on Nov. 14, the start of Week 11.

The two-game suspension means Jackson will miss the Broncos' home game against the Kansas City Chiefs this week, and the team will be on a bye next week. After that, the last game Jackson will miss is the "Monday Night Football" contest against the Buffalo Bills.

The suspension came after the safety was ejected during Denver’s 19-17 win for his sideline hit on Green Bay Packers tight end Luke Musgrave. The suspension, without pay, was for violations of unnecessary roughness rules. The first-round pick in the 2010 NFL draft had been flagged for multiple personal foul calls this season. In Week 2, he was ejected for a hit Washington Commanders tight end Logan Thomas, and has been fined four times this year for unnecessary roughness.

Jackson has started all seven games for the Broncos this season, and has been a primary member of the secondary since 2019. He has 42 tackles, two interceptions and three pass deflections this year. He spent the first nine seasons of his career as a member of the Houston Texans. In total, Jackson has 943 tackles, 22 interceptions and 110 pass deflections in 200 career regular-season games.

NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.

More:Finance

Recommend

Car bomb kills senior Russian general in Moscow: Officials

LONDON -- A car bomb in Moscow has killed a senior Russian military officer, Russian officials said.

Their lands are oceans apart but are linked by rising, warming seas of climate change

Editor's note: As the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Summit convenes, NPR's Picture Show is taking a look

Succession Takes Shocking Turn With Death of Major Character

Warning: This article contains spoilers about Succession's fourth season.One of the most renowned TV