Florio: NFL must suspend Nathan Shepherd

Rolled bent. His leg was flexed at the knee by Shepard. The leg naturally flexes at the knee. I get that if he would have had been holding his leg in a different position he could have done damage. If he had done it with his weight on the lateral side of his leg it could have been bad.
Agreed about the lateral side. However, any pressure of rolling a leg (in any manner or angle), is highly dangerous. Especially at the knee. It doesn’t matter if he knees bend in that direction in a natural movement. If you have a hold of a leg, roll, and apply maximum pressure, to take a player down, that is well outside the rules. Herbert’ss knee, did not want to be bent, yet Shepard felt the need for it. Hence, making it a dirty, and unnecessary play. 315 lbs of a man rolling a leg, is no joke. Shepard is a 7 year veteran. He knows better.