Overview
- Television cameras captured Jackson punching Bills linebacker Bradley Chubb during postgame jersey exchanges after Monday night's 37-34 overtime game, and the NFL cited Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 in announcing a two-game, without-pay suspension.
- The suspension, announced Tuesday, will sideline Jackson for the Rams' Week 6 home game versus the Arizona Cardinals and Week 7 at the Las Vegas Raiders unless his appeal succeeds.
- Head coach Sean McVay said Jackson intends to appeal and confirmed veteran David Quessenberry will start at left tackle while the team opened rookie Keagen Trost’s 21-day practice window to add depth.
- Jackson’s absence raises immediate protection concerns for quarterback Matthew Stafford because the Cardinals and Raiders present strong pass-rush matchups and the Rams have limited proven depth at left tackle.
- The league’s quick discipline followed visible video evidence and comes against a backdrop of Jackson’s prior two-game 2024 suspension and a June 2026 arrest that was placed in a pre-filing diversion, factors that have shaped public and league scrutiny.