Did Suh cross the line

[blades29]

Even after his meeting with Goodell about what the rules are, he still can't get it right. He is a goon looking to injure people and this last tactless incident pretty much sums it all up. Goodell should suspend him and Schwartz should do something about his player too...

[canuck2]

Suh "apologized" upon reflection of the incident.

Translation: the Lions carefully crafted a response to public outcry over the incident. Suh read it with trepidation.

[Orr4]

I was listening to sports radio go over this play and call for a $100,000 fine so I waned to see it for myself. Not the worst thing I've seen and certainly not something I'd fine for 100k. Unless... maybe he's a repeat offender and they'll escalate the fine. I'm thinking one game, and 25k.

[flyersvikes]

Originally Posted by Orr4

I was listening to sports radio go over this play and call for a $100,000 fine so I waned to see it for myself. Not the worst thing I've seen and certainly not something I'd fine for 100k. Unless... maybe he's a repeat offender and they'll escalate the fine. I'm thinking one game, and 25k.

He is and has been fined at least 3 different times in the last two seasons.
This article is prophetic in a way,dated August 28,2011


Suh's nastiness changes Lions' culture, makes him a dirty player
By Mike Freeman | CBSSports.com National Columnist

Suh has won over Lions fans, but can he exercise the same mastery of the league office? (AP)

It's official: Ndamukong Suh is a dirty player.

He no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt. There's too much evidence to the contrary. That great smile, nice off-field demeanor and cool ass car commercial can no longer shield him from what has become a definite. He plays dirty.

And I like Suh. A lot. He brings a nastiness to the Detroit Lions, a desire to intimidate that is changing the culture of one of the biggest losers in all of sports. This is good. No, this is great. The Lions are going to be good again and it's Suh's talent and aggression serving as the fusion for change.

"We wanted to earn respect last year," Suh told CBS following the Lions' game against New England on Saturday night. "I felt we did that. We want to continue to earn that respect. And now it's with fear, it's all about fear. It's about having quarterbacks fear us, offensive linemen fear us, every single game we step into. And that's by our play. So we want to continue to get after quarterbacks and offensive lines and wreak havoc."

That's good. Love that attitude. If you went into a laboratory and combined Michael Strahan with Warren Sapp, you'd get Suh. It doesn't get much better than that.

While his talent is undeniable and his fury a good thing, he hasn't learned to properly harness that aggression. It spills out at times uncontrollably and it's only a matter of time before Suh is suspended and his reputation morphs into something not so positive.

In fact, I think that is already happening. I can tell you the league is watching Suh's behavior extremely closely. If it continues he's going to be hit with a much more massive fine. That's a guarantee.

The latest incident with Suh came against the Patriots. It was a brutal game featuring a few skirmishes. Patriots guard Logan Mankins was involved in a beef with a Lions player when Suh approached Mankins and threw a punch. It connected.

He should have been tossed but the game official missed it. Replays clearly showed the punch. How an official could miss a man the size of mobile home throwing a punch is a mystery.

On Twitter, Lions fans showed their smallness by saying Suh was justified throwing the punch because he was defending a teammate. That's part of The Danny Ainge Syndrome. If you were a Celtics fan when Ainge was in Boston, you loved him. If he was an opponent, you thought he was cheap. So I understand that phenomenon and it's happening with Suh.

There's still no excusing what he did. It was totally a punk move and there's little doubt the NFL is going to fine Suh.

Then again, getting fined is something Suh should be accustomed to. He was fined $20,000 by the NFL for his recent body slam of Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton.

Suh was fined $7,500 for a dirty hit on Jake Delhomme last year and $15,000 for a hit on Jay Cutler. That hit, to me, was legal. But it was like a lot of things with Suh -- it was unnecessary and indicative of how Suh doesn't seem to understand the nuance of football.

So that's three fines and at least four personal fouls in less than two years and that doesn't include the fine likely coming his way for Saturday's punch. That's quite a track record in such a short period of time.

This is a different era in the sport. The league office wants to clean up the over-the-top hits. We can debate the hypocrisy or silliness of this stance but it's a fact in the sport now. This isn't the 1950s. Punching guys or body slamming them won't be tolerated in Goodell's NFL.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/1...a-dirty-player

[JPanas2]

ok, i know this is going to sound strange, but my brother-in-law plays for the detroit lions. that is not a joke . he told me that he and most of his teammates, regardless of what is said in the media, are constantly baffled by suh's actions on the field. they say he is literally one of the nicest and most soft-spoken people they interact with in the NFL and that, off the field, he is really mature for his age. i know it's only one person's opinion but my brother-in-law has been an NFL journeyman so he's played with a lot of different players and personalities. i obviously don't condone what suh did or has done in the past, but it is remarkable how certain players develop their "on field personas" and they are vastly different from who they actually are off the field. i've heard that dion sanders was the same way (from interviews i've seen with the guys who have played with him). "primetime" was and is actually a pretty humble guy off the field.

[shaud19]

looks like a 2 gamer.

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is expected to be suspended at least two games for shoving Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith's head, stomping on him and then not owning up to it in his post-game comments, league sources told ESPN.

The NFL has not determined exactly how long Suh will be suspended, but league officials believe two games will be the minimum. Sources say the league also could require Suh attend anger management courses.

article from last night.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/72...ns-sources-say

[majew17]

If he keeps up his dirty play,someone is going to really hurt him one game. Hope I'm watching! I really hate this guy,and he'll deserve what he gets.

[Gage55]

I think the leagues way to soft these days. I wouldn't suspend him. Fine him for sure though.

[GODARDNYI]

Originally Posted by Gage55

I think the leagues way to soft these days. I wouldn't suspend him. Fine him for sure though.

he's a repeat offender.. they pretty much had to suspend him.

the other thing that i'm sure didnt work his way was the timing of what he did. that game was on thanksgiving. while im not positive, that day seems to be second to only the super bowl in terms of casual viewing. what he did was a blatent, non-football related offense. it wasn't a borderline, question mark hit or something like that.

[Gage55]

Originally Posted by GODARDNYI

he's a repeat offender.. they pretty much had to suspend him.

the other thing that i'm sure didnt work his way was the timing of what he did. that game was on thanksgiving. while im not positive, that day seems to be second to only the super bowl in terms of casual viewing. what he did was a blatent, non-football related offense. it wasn't a borderline, question mark hit or something like that.

I don't care, I didn't think much of it.

[flyersvikes]

Two games for a boy named Suh

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Ndamukong Suh's stomp will cost him two games without pay. It may cost the Lions more than that.

The NFL suspended Detroit's All-Pro defensive tackle on Tuesday for roughing up a Green Bay Packers player in front of a national television audience during a loss on Thanksgiving Day.

Suh will miss Sunday night's game at New Orleans and a Dec. 11 home game against Minnesota, with the Lions desperately trying to keep pace in the NFC. He won't be reinstated until Dec. 12.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...2_a4&eref=sihp

[bustoff]

Then the dumbass totals a 70 Chevelle. Idiot....

[flyersvikes]

Ndamukong Suh purposely kicking Matt Schaub in...

[bustoff]

If Suh's leg accidently hit Schaub, his leg would've slid down Schaubs leg instead of making a jabbing motion into Schaubs nuts. Then the dirty bastard doesn't acknowledge it.

[flex_buff_chest]

Suh is cray.