Cy and Dutch you are wrong.
You two don't think an elbow to the head with a shoulder rotated behind it can do serious damage, that is ridiculous.
Aff's foul had potential to do serious harm, and unlike the other foul, it was clearly done with the intent to harm, and was not even part of a play.
Griffin was not even in the air when he was hit. He probably was acting to draw sympathy from the refs.