Huge brawl erupts between Jaguars and Texans as Trevor Lawrence lays motionless from Aziz Al-Shaair hit

Moments after Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence laid motionless on the turf after taking a hit from Texans defensive back Aziz Al-Shaair, the teams engaged in a huge brawl that spilled onto the sideline. 

Lawrence was running for a first down and slid to give himself up on the play. Al-Shaair did not pull up and made a vicious hit to the upper body and helmet of the quarterback. 

As soon as the hit was delivered, tight end Evan Engram is the first to start shoving Al-Shaair, with several others from both teams involved in the scrum seconds later. 

Lawrence was eventually carted off and alert, while Al-Shaair was ejected from the game. 

Lawrence was ruled out of the game soon after with a head injury with Mac Jones replacing him at quarterback. 

Engram was also ejected from the game for being the first to engage Al-Shaair in a fight.  

‘Trevor Lawrence suffered a significant traumatic brain injury (#TBI) here. He shows a clear “fencing response”, which means he is knocked out with a #concussion & deeper parts of his brain are malfunctioning. Wishing him the best,’ said Chris Nowinski, founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, on social media. 

Many online have given kudos to Engram for sticking up for his teammate, regardless of consequence. 

Meanwhile. others have started to suggest the league would come down heavily on Al-Shaair, possibly suspending him for the rest of the season to send a message to the rest of the league about wanting that type of hit out of the game.  

More to come.