Bills blast Landry for 'dirty' block on rookie Johnson
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry is no longer in the AFC East, but he still drew the ire of numerous Buffalo Bills for what they believe to be a dirty block against rookie cornerback Taron Johnson during Friday's preseason game.
Landry, acquired by the Browns in a March trade with the Miami Dolphins, crushed Johnson with a devastating block on a four-yard touchdown run from Carlos Hyde.
Here is the play in question:
Jarvis laid down a MONSTER block on this TD run @God_Son80 pic.twitter.com/zCF8XyPcKw
- The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) August 18, 2018
"Landry, he's a good receiver, physical guy, but some of those plays that he has - Aaron Williams, Taron, I'm pretty sure he has other ones - I just think they're dirty," Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said Sunday to ESPN's Mike Rodak. "Coming from the outside of the box in, the league needs to do a better job of calling penalties on those types of plays. Obviously defenders get called all the time on stuff that is probably less egregious than that. If we're going to protect our football players, we need to protect everybody, not just offensive guys."
It wasn't the first time Landry was the subject of controversy against the Bills. During a 2016 game, Landry crushed Bills safety Aaron Williams with an unsuspecting block. Williams suffered a season-ending neck injury and did not play in the NFL again.
Bills safety Micah Hyde also blasted Landry for his hit on Johnson.
"That's ridiculous," Hyde said Sunday. "Because if a defensive player does that to an offensive player, he's getting ejected. I don't care if he lowered his shoulder or not. He's coming all the way from No. 1, past the numbers, and flying down onto the hashes and cleaning up somebody. That's the same as that play that Aaron Williams got hit on a couple years back and basically ruined his career.
"To me, that's B.S. You can't do that. All you have to do is get into position, screen him off. He doesn't have to come in and try to kill anybody."
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