Suh Fined, Not Suspended

[pbmax]

I get the sense that Roger has a soft spot for his favorite repeat offender.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/10/ndamukong-suh-fined-100000-not-suspended/

Its getting a mite ridiculous, though not as ridiculous as this Tweet from the Detroit Lions themselves:

Dan Hanzus @DanHanzus 18m
This is odd. RT @DetroitLionsNFL RT if hearing that @NdamukongSuh apologized in the team meeting gives you pride as a #Lions fan. #OnePride

Someone is either trolling them or they have already deleted the original Tweet. Take Pride in Your Apology!

[Fritz]

It's so easy and fun to hate on the Lions.

They won, the fans are crowing, but there were signs of the SOL (Same Old Lions) all over that game.

This incident being one of them.

[mraynrand]

Lions offense looked really sharp. They have a run game to go with the passing attack; Bell and Bush run extremely well and are dangerously complimentary. Bush was extremely quick.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Fining a star player is a joke. He needs to lose a game and a game's pay.

My problem with that play was it could so easily have ended the season for the other player.


I see Lions fans are comparing that hit to Clay Matthew's flying squirrel. That was worthy of 15 yards and nothing more. Kapernick was near the sideline when Clay launched, it wasn't a flagrant dirty play.

[MadScientist]

It was a bad hit because it went low, but trying to block a trailing guy on a play like that isn't too far out of line in football, so the 100K fine with no suspension seems about right. Stomps and kicks to the nuts have no place in football.

[Tony Oday]

They beat the Vikings...they are horrible. I REALLY hope Ponder is playing us. We can stop AP and would love to see Jennings with 3 catches for 30 yards agains the Pack.

[Freak Out]

Suh could/should have hit the guy high.....that's football. But to go for the knees like that.....chump.

[smuggler]

Let him play next week. Anytime a player blocks Suh low, they get a $10,000 bonus from out of that fine money.

[Iron Mike]

Who's the bigger douchebag? Warren Sapp, or DonkeyKong Suh???

[hoosier]

Who's the bigger douchebag? Warren Sapp, or DonkeyKong Suh???

Suh definitely hurts his team more. So does that make him the bigger DB, or is Sapp bigger because he usually got away with it?

[MadScientist]

Who's the bigger douchebag? Warren Sapp, or DonkeyKong Suh???

Hard to compare, because they didn't do much in the way of fining or suspending for cheap shots back then. Suh might have lost a game for the stomp, but would not have been fined for this latest cheap shot 10 years ago.

[Guiness]

Not sure why he didn't get suspended for this, you would think it was a textbook case for it, against a player who, as a repeat offender, deserves it. The fact that Sullivan was not hurt was more luck than anything else. Does anyone believe Suh's story that he spoke and Sullivan had a 'great conversation' running out at half time? I imagine it went something like this "No hard feelings, right? "I wasn't going for your knees dude" "Uh, ya, right, ok" "No hard feelings then" "Umm, sure"

[RashanGary]

My only issue with suh is that he doesnt make a good enough effort to stay within the rules. The penalties are a killer for his team. But his on-field demeanor, thats a guy you want on your team. I love when we injure players. Inflicting damage is the goal. You want to break your opponents body along with their spirit and will. The things he does to Quarterbacks are wonderful. There are parts of life that are competitive, brutal, heartless and unfair. All of that is incapsulated in football. There is only one goal, that goal is to win at all costs, and in a game predicated on violence, the most violent team usually wins. Wake up. Football people know it. "affect the head" "put a little hot sauce on his knee", clay driving kolbs head into the turf and nearly breaking his neck, Reggie making a concious effort to dislocate shoulders, kramer talking in the 60s about using his helmet as a weapon and lombardi saying simply not to feed the media. . . . . People who play and coach know that its all about violence. Injury is the goal. Did anyone see justin smith punch cobb in the bicep?

The more violent team wins and winning is all that matters. You could say, violence is the name of the game. It still is. They dont talk about it as much, but players go to bed envisioning themselves hurting sundays opponent. They just do. And Suh is good at it. In life he might be a mother fucker, but in football he's a great player. He's a big man with a mean streak. Thats what you want. Now, if he could just make a better effort to stay within the rules, he'd be one of the greatest defensive players in football.

[Pugger]

Who's the bigger douchebag? Warren Sapp, or DonkeyKong Suh???

Sapp easily. He targeted Cliffy and body-slammed him well away from the play. If that creep pulled that shit today he would have been fined for sure and possibly suspended.

[Pugger]

My only issue with suh is that he doesnt make a good enough effort to stay within the rules. The penalties are a killer for his team. But his on-field demeanor, thats a guy you want on your team. I love when we injure players. Inflicting damage is the goal. You want to break your opponents body along with their spirit and will. The things he does to Quarterbacks are wonderful. There are parts of life that are competitive, brutal, heartless and unfair. All of that is incapsulated in football. There is only one goal, that goal is to win at all costs, and in a game predicated on violence, the most violent team usually wins. Wake up. Football people know it. "affect the head" "put a little hot sauce on his knee", clay driving kolbs head into the turf and nearly breaking his neck, Reggie making a concious effort to dislocate shoulders, kramer talking in the 60s about using his helmet as a weapon and lombardi saying simply not to feed the media. . . . . People who play and coach know that its all about violence. Injury is the goal. Did anyone see justin smith punch cobb in the bicep?

The more violent team wins and winning is all that matters. You could say, violence is the name of the game. It still is. They dont talk about it as much, but players go to bed envisioning themselves hurting sundays opponent. They just do. And Suh is good at it. In life he might be a mother fucker, but in football he's a great player. He's a big man with a mean streak. Thats what you want. Now, if he could just make a better effort to stay within the rules, he'd be one of the greatest defensive players in football.

You sound like Greg Williams.