Roquan Smith (Photo via NagleNFL/Twitter)
A forgotten moment in an eventful NFL season opener between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs occurred early in the fourth quarter when Patrick Mahomes was running to the sidelines and was hit by Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith.
As Mahomes ran out of bounds on third-and-3, which resulted in a first down, the Ravens linebacker contacted him, and he went down to the ground. However, no penalty was thrown.
Footage from the play showed somebody not in uniform taking took exception to the contact and shoved Roquan Smith from behind, leading to a small skirmish.
Something similar happened last year when Big Dom from the Eagles found himself suspended after the Week 13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, where DiSandro found himself in the spotlight for his quick physical altercation with Niners linebacker Dre Greenlaw on the Philly sideline.
WATCH — a #Chiefs sideline member gets in #Ravens
Roquan Smith’s face & shoves him at the 0:14 mark in the video.#Eagles Big Dom was suspended 5 games for moving #49ers Dre Greenlaw.Interested to see what the NFL does, but we all know how KC’s treated…pic.twitter.com/9jAvckGTdV
— James Nagle (@NagleNFL) September 6, 2024
Fans quickly took to the comments and demanded the unknown member to be suspended.
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— @The2MinuteWarning (@ALFREDG27948201) September 6, 2024
As long as they suspend Smith for the illegal hit out of bounds, I'm cool with the Chiefs staffer being suspended for life. You're such an obvious hater. Clearly you dated a girl who dumped you for a KC fan. Get over it, dude.
— Trevor Maddock (@Former_CAM) September 6, 2024
It turns out that person on the sideline was tight end Peyton Hendershot.
It remains to be seen if the league will step in and do anything to him.
Roquan Smith Sends Stern Message To Chiefs Player That Pushed Him On Sideline
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith took exception to him being pushed and had a warning postgame for Kansas City Chiefs tight end Peyton Hendershot.
During the Ravens’ loss to the Chiefs to kick off the new NFL season, there was a moment where Kansas City’s star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was scrambling to pick up a first down and headed toward the sideline.
Roquan Smith pushed Mahomes late, and the quarterback went down to the ground.
Smith, who was waving his hands, said Mahomes tried to sell it as a penalty.
“Oh, he flopped. Yeah, he flopped,” Smith told reporters postgame, per Fox News. “That’s why the referees didn’t call it – it was a great no-call by the ref.”
As he was waving his hands, Hendershot, who was in street clothes as an inactive player, got in Roquan Smith’s face and pushed him.
Smith had a warning for him after the game.
“But, whoever [number] 88 is, I don’t know who he is, but he better watch himself,” Smith said. “He did a little slick push.”
#Ravens LB Roquan Smith on #Chiefs TE Peyton Hendershot: “He better watch himself. … I’ll see him when I see him.”
Hendershot shoved Smith after he pushed Patrick Mahomes out of bounds in the 4th quarter. No penalty was called.
pic.twitter.com/zyKin5mkCr— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 6, 2024
