The Facemask...

[hiwaygal]

Detroit Lion Ndamukong Suh's Dirty Play: Should NFL Take Action?

After Jake Delhomme was able to move the Cleveland Browns offense up and down the field with ease, Detroit rookie Ndamukong Suh showed frustration and very dirty play with a violent facemask penalty against the veteran quarterback.
On a third down play in Saturday’s preseason game, Suh caught Delhomme from behind by the facemask and pulled him to the ground as Delhomme was flushed from the pocket. After the rookie pulled Delhomme down by the facemask, he grabbed Delhomme’s head with his other hand and twisted as he tossed him backwards.

Facemask penalties happen at every level of football, but as an NFL player, Suh should know better and display more control. Suh’s actions showed blatant intent to injure Delhomme and should have resulted in a more serious penalty, possibly an ejection from the game.
Not only was the penalty cheap, but it was worthy of retaliation. Suh is lucky that Cleveland’s offensive line did not come to Delhomme’s aid like New Orleans Saints lineman Kyle Turley did for Aaron Brooks in the infamous helmet toss incident against the Jets.
The penalty was the second facemask penalty called on Suh in Saturday’s game and Suh’s dirty play should be looked at by the NFL.
NFL football is a violent, injury-prone game and the NFL does everything it can to make the game as safe as possible. There is no room for this type of play in the NFL and Roger Goodell should take a closer look at Suh’s play and impose a fine and/or suspension

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I hate to seem all whiney and stuff about football players being "too rough", but this was a little more than that...

Should action be taken?

[Masters]

The face mask was bad enough, though they happen. Suh throwing Jake down afterwards, when clearly he had alread gotten rid of the ball made it all the much worse.

[hiwaygal]

Originally Posted by Masters

The face mask was bad enough, though they happen. Suh throwing Jake down afterwards, when clearly he had alread gotten rid of the ball made it all the much worse.

Agreed...and I'm guessing with rookie lineman facemasks may be even more likely.

But, yeah, it was how he CONTINUED to act after the initial potentially "accidental" contact that pissed me off. Add that to the fact that this was the SECOND facemask call on him and I'm guessing he's developing a bad habit.

What say we put in Rogers to face him next time, just for grins and giggles!! lol

[Alo]

I still love Suh. I can't help it.

[hiwaygal]

Originally Posted by Alo

I still love Suh. I can't help it.

LOL...I wondered if you were going to say something like that!!!

[Masters]

Originally Posted by Alo

I still love Suh. I can't help it.

No doubt the dude is a beast on the field and is going to make the Lions D-line very formidable this season

[WVBrownsfan]

I think he'll receive a fine at the worst from the league.

[OzDawg]

after finally seeing this, he should be heavily fined and since it was the second call on him be suspended 2 games to nip this stuff in the bud.

[Shep]

It was really nasty looking. He should be fined pretty heavily. I wasn't really happy about the Browns linemen taking it so casually, either.

[Tobalaz]

Oh he deserves to get his ass fined big time.
One more of those, two game suspension.
If he does it again after the two game suspension, one year suspension.

[Danamal]

I guess it all depends on what team you play for.....

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[hiwaygal]

Originally Posted by OzDawg

after finally seeing this, he should be heavily fined and since it was the second call on him be suspended 2 games to nip this stuff in the bud.

LOL...you can see how pissed Delhomme was afterward!