Texans' Azeez Al-Shaair comes under scrutiny over Trevor Lawrence hit, pro-Palestinian cleats

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Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was put under the microscope on Sunday as his second-quarter hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence knocked the player out of the game.

Lawrence was trying to slide when Al-Shaair hit the Jaguars star in the head and neck area. The hit sparked a brawl and led to the ejections of Al-Shaair and Jaguars cornerback Jarrian Jones. Al-Shaair was in the midst of a brawl that occurred after the play.

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Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair reacts after being ejected against the Jaguars at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, Dec. 1, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

The Jaguars ruled Lawrence out for the rest of the game as he was diagnosed with a concussion.

The hit wasn’t the only thing Al-Shaair was criticized for.

The linebacker took part in the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats campaign. Players who partake in the campaign are allowed to pick a cause that’s important to them and represent the organization on their cleats. Al-Shaair chose the Palestine Children's Relief Fund – as he did last year.

Al-Shaair had "Free" written on one side of his shoes in the colors of the Palestinian flag. On one shoe, "Surely to Allah we belong and to him we will all return," was written. On the side of his other shoe, it had the number of Palestinians reportedly killed and wounded in its war with Israel.

"Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), founded in 1991 by concerned humanitarians in the USA, provides free medical care to thousands of injured and ill children yearly who lack local access to care within the local health care