GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jon Runyan Jr. heard the theories — or conspiracy theories, as they had been. For it was the daddy of the Inexperienced Bay Packers left guard who this week handed down the one-game suspension to receiver Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who simply occur to be enjoying his son’s workforce on Sunday.
That is Jon Runyan Sr.’s job because the NFL’s vice chairman of guidelines and coverage administration. It is a place the previous participant has held since 2016.
“He was simply doing his job,” Runyan Jr. stated Wednesday. “He is been doing that job for over a half-decade now. It simply so occurs that we’re enjoying the Buccaneers this week. All people’s attempting to make it this conspiracy concept, which it isn’t.”
Runyan Sr. dominated on Evans’ suspension on Monday for the receiver’s position in Sunday’s altercation with New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore. Evans’ attraction was then heard by appeals officer James Thrash, who upheld the suspension on Wednesday.
“My dad’s doing his job,” Runyan Jr. stated. “[It was a] lapse in judgment on the sector. Generally, that stuff occurs. There’s an entire conspiracy concept taking place, and it isn’t true. That is simply the way it goes. You may’t be working 15 yards attempting to head-hunt someone when the play’s over. It’s humorous, although, how stuff works out typically.”
Runyan Sr. performed 14 NFL seasons (1996-2009). Runyan Jr. was a sixth-round choose of the Packers in 2020. He grew to become the Packers’ beginning left guard in 2021 and has began there every of the primary two video games this season.
