His team may have walked away with the win Sunday (Dec. 1) against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but Houston Texans’ linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair is still getting his share of backlash after what many are calling a “dirty hit” against Jags QB Trevor Lawrence – and now he’s decided to speak up about it.

Al-Shaair took to social media and shared his side of the events, posting a statement on his X (Twitter) account in which he replays the moments leading up to the massive hit and says it was nothing personal against Lawrence.

“I’ve always played the game as hard as I could. Never with the intent to harm anyone and anybody that knows me knows that,” he began in his statement. “My goal is to hit you as hard …

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