Perhaps there should be a justice system that allows an enraged, 300-pound defensive tackle to scale a 6-foot wall and put a few welts on the coward who just threw a bottle within inches of his head.
But there isn't.
"Going up into the stands definitely is a no-no," said Vikings Hall of Fame defensive tackle John Randle, who watched Sunday as his other former team, Seattle, became embroiled in an ugly game-ending scene that could have become a whole lot uglier for a league that's struggling to contain its unattractive optics.
"My advice: Keep your helmet on and get to the locker room. No matter what."
Seahawks defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson could have used that advice Sunday in Jacksonville. He was one of two Seahawks players ejected during fights that occurred on back-to-back plays as the Jaguars were lining up in victory formation.
Jefferson was almost to the locker room tunnel when a bottle of some kind came flying out of the stands.
"If you notice, the first thing he did [when the first bottle was thrown] was take off his helmet," Randle said. "I was like, 'Uh-oh, that's the wrong thing to do. You might want to keep that helmet on.' "
Jefferson starts to argue with fans in the front row. Four stadium security officials try to defuse the situation. They fail. One climbs into the stands.
That's when the true peacemaker stepped in to save Jefferson from being hauled away in cuffs, the Seahawks from losing a player to suspension during a playoff push and the NFL from a never-ending video loop of a uniformed player in the stands beating the tar out of some fans.