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Not justifying Rudolph retaliating, but, players retaliate and fight from time to time and they don't get suspended. He was dumb for trying to go after Garrett after he lost his helmet, but I don't think it merits a suspension based on past precedent. Now, if the league wants to cracking down on that sort of thing, then they could and maybe should start suspending players for run of the mill fighting.
You seem to ignore what happened when both players had helmets. That's when the altercation starts.