Suh Fined $20K For Hit On Dalton

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:realgm

Associated Press - Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been fined $20,000 by the NFL for his hit on Bengals rookie quarterback Andy Dalton.

The incident occurred last Wednesday and the fine is the third such penalty for Suh in the last year.

The Detroit defender grabbed the Bengals quarterback and threw Dalton to the turf after he had gotten rid of the ball late in the first quarter of Friday's preseason game. Suh was flagged for unnecessary roughness.

Suh didn't like it much: He responded on his Twitter account before Tuesday's practice: "$20,000REALLY???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #NFL #BIGFAIL

 

[footballplaya52]

smh at suh.

 

[.infamous]

GO SUHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But comn suh that aint shit to what we are payin ya lol

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Should've fined him triple that...

 

[Elite]

Dude is crying about 20K after signing that mega rookie deal :BB:

 

[.infamous]

imo lol

 

[Lake Louise]

Haha oh Suh

 

[.infamous]

If Ndamukong Suh is not a dirty player, why does he keep getting called for personal fouls? Suh says it’s because referees are taken aback by his strength.

Discussing his $20,000 fine for slamming Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton to the ground, Suh said the things he does on the field look worse than they are because referees aren’t accustomed to seeing players as strong as he is.

“Honestly, I really feel that I put the refs in a tough situation because of my strength,” Suh said.

That might sound like bragging, but there’s a lot of truth to it: Suh is such a powerful athlete that his hits probably look a lot more violent to us mere mortals than they feel to him. That was the case last year when Suh was flagged and fined for a hit on Jay Cutler: Suh brought so much force to the hit that it looked violent, but he appeared to shove Cutler in the back of the shoulder pads, which is legal.

But just because Suh is capable of slamming the 215-pound Dalton to the ground with ease doesn’t mean he should be allowed to do it. That hit definitely deserved a flag and a fine.

Suh says he recognizes the importance of protecting players from illegal hits, but he also says it’s important for the NFL to remember that there are going to be big hits in the NFL as long as big guys like him are playing.

“A lot of us players growing up and coming in, we’re getting faster, stronger, and some guys just have incredible strength on that football field,” Suh said. “So I feel like we put them in tough situations, and with the new rules and the different situation of safety — which definitely should be something that should be applied on both sides of the ball — we definitely put them in tough situations, so they have to make the right judgment. I’m not going to fault them for making a call that they’re erring on the safer side, because safety is important. It’s important for myself, it’s important for a quarterback, it’s important for every last 22 players on the football field.”

Suh said he will appeal the $20,000 fine, and he said no fine will change the way he plays.

“I’m never going to put myself in a situation where I can allow a play to affect my team because I didn’t follow through on my job,” Suh said. “So I’m not going to stop playing hard. Like I said before, I owe it to my fans, I owe it to my teammates, I owe it to the coaches, and I owe it to the fans, first and foremost. That’s the reason why they watch the game. It’s one of the reasons football is football.”

 

[elcheato]

There is honestly no reason to take someone down like that by his head.. It's intent. You can easily stop yourself from doing that.

 

[Elite]

There is honestly no reason to take someone down like that by his head.. It's intent. You can easily stop yourself from doing that.

This. Your strength doesn't cause you to violently throw Dalton down like that. It was just completely unnecessary.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Learn how to tackle or go join the WWE.

 

[Pugz]

tell this to his face, punks. he'll rip your heads off and shit down your throats.

 

[.infamous]

tell this to his face, punks. he'll rip your heads off and shit down your throats.

FUCK YEA

 

[elcheato]

idk about that.. I run pretty fast

 

[Pugz]

i bet he runs faster. even if he doesnt, he'll follow you home and eat you while you sleep.

 

[elcheato]

I have bear traps in my front lawn

 

[kam.]

Suhs just testing his strength..

His plan before the game was to see how big he could bounce the head of Dalton's off the turf..

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Andre Smith should've ate him...

 

[Pugz]

I have bear traps in my front lawn

he'll jump over em.

 

[DJT]

Clearly an unnecessary hit...or throw down. It was more of a throw down than a hit.