Suh Suspended According to Schefter/Mort *Merged*

[Tawney88]

Honestly I'm shocked I didn't think it was intentional and even if it was how could you know it. Good for the Cowboys though.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

NFL network said appeal will be decided before game.

Ahhh thank you. I honestly didn't know how quickly they'd do that sort of thing.

 

[Phoenix]

Ahhhh ha ha ha! Funny


Jokabz ‏@jokabz 2m2 minutes ago
@SportsSturm guess you can say the NFL really put their foot down this time.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Honestly I'm shocked I didn't think it was intentional and even if it was how could you know it. Good for the Cowboys though.

First step most likely not intentional.

The second one was clearly intentional.

 

[MRV52]

Nothing there to warrant a suspension, maybe a fine but nothing else

Repeat offender of many stupid antics, he definately deserved the suspension.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

Why is anyone surprised? With his track record and the video... clear as day. Also consider the "victim?" This isn't an obscure unknow lineman... This is potentially the league MVP. Easy decision imo

 

[BobGriffin3]

Let's just hope the league doesn't decide to review the Scandrick incident.

No way he gets suspended for that. Suh is a dirty thug I am glad they suspended him. Absolutely 0% he wins his appeal. Nothing that happened when he stepped on him was accidental.

 

[ufcrules1]

100% it was intentional. I have watch a that guy play a lot and he has a screw loose. He takes some kind of sick pleasure in trying to hurt people.
The first time I saw it I knew it was intentional.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

That's what I am wondering. Will the rule on a appeal quickly or could he appeal and that allow him to keep from being suspended for this game.

he will appeal immediately and I expect it will be heard and ruled on by Wed. That would be pretty much inline with how they handled the Lion DLman, Dominic Raiola, where they upheld the suspension. I have a feeling tho that they will over turn the suspension and replace with a HEAVY fine

 

[Derekmtl85]

Honestly I'm shocked I didn't think it was intentional and even if it was how could you know it. Good for the Cowboys though.

The fact that he put all his weight on his foot that he clearly knew was stepping on someone (who puts all their weight on a foot that's on uneven ground?), is a clear indication he knew what was happening.

 

[illhurtya]

Honestly I'm shocked I didn't think it was intentional and even if it was how could you know it. Good for the Cowboys though.

When's the last time you accidentally stepped on something or someone and didn't even look to acknowledge what you had just stepped on? No doubt he did it on purpose and should have been suspended accordingly. Great job NFL!

 

[Plankton]

 

[Gridiron Man]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000451443/article/nfl-suspends-ndamukong-suh-for-one-game

NFL suspends Ndamukong Suh for one game

• 
• By Marc Sessler
• Around the NFL Writer
• Published: Dec. 29, 2014 at 02:45 p.m.
• Updated: Dec. 29, 2014 at 02:53 p.m.

Ndamukong Suh will pay a steep price for his fancy footwork in Sunday's loss to the Green Bay Packers.

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday, per a league source, that the NFL has slapped the Lions defensive tackle with a one-game suspension for stepping on the leg of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The ban eliminates Suh from Sunday's NFC playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys.

"You did not respond in the manner of someone who had lost his balance and accidentally contacted another player who was lying on the ground," NFL vice president of football operations Merton Hanks said in a letter to Suh. "This illegal contact, specifically the second step and push off with your left foot, clearly could have been avoided.

"You unnecessarily stepped on your opponent's unprotected leg as he lay on the ground unable to protect himself."

After Suh knocked Rodgers over in the fourth quarter, replays showed the behemoth taking two steps backward, with both feet landing on the injured area between the star passer's ankle and calf.

"I didn't see it live, I didn't see it on the (scoreboard), but from what I'm told, I'm told it was ridiculous," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "There's no place for that. That's where I'm at with it. I don't understand it, frankly."

Suh's history likely played a role in the league's decision to ban the All-Pro defender.

Suh served a two-game suspension in 2011 after he stomped on the arm of then-Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith. One year later, Suh was fined $30,000 by the NFL for kicking then-Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the groin. Since 2010, the behemoth has been fined seven times for player-safety violations.

Suh's punishment couldn't come at a worse time for the Lions. As the beating heart of the team's nasty defensive front, he loomed as the central cog in Detroit's plan to slow down Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray and neutralize the NFC's finest offensive line.

 

[revospeed]

Not the same.
Plus, Suh has a long and nasty history with this stuff--which almost certainly is why the didn't hesitant this time.

I wasn't being completely serious. It was one of those, "Man it would really suck if Scandrick got suspended too" type of offhanded comments.

 

[Doomsday101]

Cmon man.

why he has been suspended before, he has been fined a number of times and yet nothing changes. I think guys deserves chances to redeem themselves but Suh has constantly done things like this. Are we to wait until he seriously hurts a player? these things are not happening in the course of the play these action are after the plays are over with. Myself I would much rather see him stood up and have someone take his knees out and cripple the idiot, he does not give a damn about his fellow competitors he is out to hurt people.

 

[yimyammer]

Got


Got into a little scuffle with Garçon. He grabbed his face mask and yanked it down. Fight ensued.

gosh, that would be a really aggressive suspension, Scandrick doesn't have Suh's history so hopefully worse case is a fine

 

[LandryFan]

Guy is a cancer. How could anyone want him on their team. He's so stupid he will now miss a playoff game.

The thing is, he really is an intelligent person (notice I didn't say intelligent player) and talented player who truly seems to have a mental problem on the field.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

I will not be shocked if he wins the appeal. the video does leave quite a bit of doubt of intent.

 

[WoodysGirl]

 

[JJHLH1]

The league decided to put its foot down.