Azeez Al-Shaair has defiant social media post after suspension is upheld

Azeez Al-Shaair appears to be done apologizing for the hit that injured Trevor Lawrence.

The Houston Texans linebacker officially had his suspension upheld by the NFL on Wednesday. The league had decided earlier in the week to suspend Al-Shaair multiple games for his hit that concussed Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Lawrence in Week 13 (video here). A subsequent appeal of the suspension by Al-Shaair was then denied.

Al-Shaair reacted to the news with a defiant social media post later in the day on Wednesday.

“IF YOU WANT ME TO BE YOUR VILLAIN, ILL BE YOUR VILLAIN!” he wrote in all-caps along with a middle-finger emoji. “SEE YOU SOON.”

Al-Shaair also included a picture of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker as well as a separate picture of a message that read, “There is beauty in being rejected, misunderstood, unseen, and unprotected by people. It teaches you to rely on Allah for everything.”

He has since deleted the post but not before screenshots were taken and circulated online.