NOVEMBER 15: Perryman did, in fact, opt to appeal the three-game suspension he was handed yesterday. According to NFL senior vice president of football & international communications Michael Signora, Perryman’s appeal was successful, and his ban has been reduced from three games to two. The decision was handed down by James Thrash, a hearing officer appointed by joint decision of both the NFL and the NFL Players Association. He will now be eligible to return in time for the Texans’ Week 13 matchup with the Broncos.
NOVEMBER 14: Denzel Perryman drew an unnecessary roughness flag for lowering his head to make a hit during Houston’s Week 10 win. The Texans will be without the veteran linebacker for a short stretch as a result. 
Perryman was issued a three-game suspension by the NFL on Tuesday. Sunday’s infraction marked the seventh time he was flagged for a use of helmet foul this season, and the accumulation of such penalties has escalated to a ban. Perryman had been fined over $66K in Week 2 for lowering his head, but today’s news will incur a larger financial penalty.
The 30-year-old has the option to appeal the suspension, a process which could result in the ban being reduced. That ended up being the case for Broncos safety Kareem Jackson earlier this year, as he appealed a four-game suspension for an accumulation of unnecessary roughness penalties. Jackson managed to have his absence reduced to a pair of contests. Perryman will likely look to do the same in the coming days.
After spending his first eight years in the AFC West, Perryman signed a one-year deal in free agency to join the rebuilding Texans. The low-cost deal allowed him to reunite with former Raiders teammate Cory Littleton as a member of Houston’s re-worked front seven, though the latter has bounced on and off the Texans’ roster throughout the year. Perryman has posted 41 tackles in six games while logging a 72% snap share.
Houston will thus be in need of a starting-caliber replacement for however long Perryman is sidelined. Fifth-round rookie Henry To’oTo’o has already established himself as a first-teamer at the LB spot by leading the team in tackles, and Littleton could see usage on defense (as opposed to special teams) with an open spot in the lineup. The Texans – currently ranked eighth in the league against the run – also have the likes of Blake Cashman, Christian Harris and Neville Hewitt available to fill in for Perryman.
While this seems steep, the league is getting serious about this issue. He’s been flagged 7 times for leading with his helmet this year. They’re couldn’t all have been bad calls.
Well they start at 3 so the NFLPA can appeal and feel like they won by dropping the suspension to 2. These suspensions are jokes.
That hit Sunday on Chase was a straight dirty, punk a** hit. He should have been ejected. There’s no place for garbage like that in a game. This isn’t the 80’s anymore. The WR had given himself up and was on the ground. I hope the NFL refuses to play the appeal game and keeps it as is. It should be longer.
Or, if youre a receiver. Don’t slide late. Perryman already started his tackling motion when chase decided to slide to give himself up.
Literally video of it happening.
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“Cincysnapper”
Yeah no bias there in this opinion or anything.
Watch the replay
Defenders can’t just stop a tackling motion once they start it. This thing called physics makes it hard to do so.
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Free Denzel!!!!
FREE DENZEL!!!
The NFL should be fining teams, coaches and organizations on these type of hits. Almost of these types of hits can be avoided with better tackling technique. The NFL continues to allow players to tackle with the crown of there helmets instead of making arm tackles. Many players also learn bad tackling techniques in College. NFL needs to emphasize tackling technique to eliminate helmet first tackling.