DESPERATE CLEVELAND BROWNS DRAFT JUSSIE SMOLLETT AS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: Myles Garrett and the Excuses That Fall Flat.

The NFL suspended Garrett indefinitely, adding that the suspension would be, at minimum, for the rest of the year. The league also gave multiple-game suspensions to several other players who participated in the fight.

Thursday, while appealing to the league to lessen his suspension, Garrett claimed Rudolph called him a racial slur just prior to the brawl.

Garrett encountered quite a bit of skepticism over this claim. He never mentioned it at all in any interview over the past week, and his post-game statement declared that he had made “a terrible mistake,” and selfishly “lost his cool,” and apologized to Rudolph.

Meanwhile, not surprisingly: Mason Rudolph isn’t taking Myles Garrett’s racial-slur accusation well.