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Defensive Spotlight: Azeez Al-Shaair is a throwback to a bygone era

It may seem like it's been ages since the National Football League actively celebrated the sort of player that Azeez Al-Shaair has become known to be, but in reality, it's only been a little over a decade or so that the NFL has been shunning and disciplining the players cut from that specific cloth.

Nowadays, Azeez Al-Shaair is viewed as a modern day outlaw, when 20 years ago he would've been a frequent headliner on ESPN's Jacked Up segments. Al-Shaair plays the game with the sort of ruthless, borderline violent physicality that the league has tried to eliminate from its product as much as is possible in a game as physical as football is.