OT: Suh suspended for Wild Card Game

BFD...

I'm more than willing to admit that I am seeing this through Honolulu Blue glasses, and of course it affects my judgment, but I am certain that any other player on any other team would have been given the benefit of the doubt in this scenario. This reeks of NFL desperation to appease bloodthirsty fans who only saw this through the Suh-is-a-dirty-player media lens. I'm not delusional enough to believe that there's no way he could have meant to do it. Sure he could have, but I also don't see how you suspend a player for arguably the biggest game of his career, a playoff game, for what transpired on video. Again, if it's not Suh, or if it's not Rodgers, or if the media doesn't play into Rodgers's acting job, then no way this is the punishment. And for those that say Suh dug his own grave with previous actions, I think that's a terrible way to run a league.

I'm done with this asshole. Let him go, draft Goldman from FSU, beef up the CB and DE spots, add lupati at G, fire Lombardi and Bonamego, and you have a much improved team.

He's a dumbass

Bull shit

As we all know:  The Lions are a complete joke of an organization and will never win anything under their current ownership and management.

My opinion is that Caldwell is a joke of a HC and is no better than Schwartz in instilling discipline to the team.  From torn ACL celebration to multiple suspensions, drug useage by active players, dumb penalties, stupid challenges burning TOs, horrible offensive play calling..the only reason this team won 11 games is that 10 of the wins came vs. sub .500 teams.  #easyschedule  #thelionssuck  #losers

He's gone after the season, it's just unfortunate for him to do this to his team at this juncture.

Suh sabotaged this team bc he was sick of bailing out an overpaid QB and the O.

That's an irrational take.

More appropriate is the NFL didn't want the GoldenBoy™ to have his panties in a wad for two weeks while he's recovering from his Willis Reedlike Hip dislocation.

Suh has such talent, it is really disappointing to see him continue doing these stupid things. If he had the mentality of JJ Watt he would be so much better.

I'm a homer so I will give Suh a pass on the first step back that made contact. The next step back was intentional. Dumb move.

As a Cowboys fan this is helps them but the guy deserves to be suspended he just doesn't get it and he's never going to.

Why not a big fine? It's not like he drew blood.  Sure, the guy is a tool, and obviously the tool should have known he was on thin ice, but apparently he just isn't the sharpest tool in the drawer.  None of this is a defense of the big idiot.

Still, I do not believe I am paranoid when I say this, and yes my wife rolls her eyes every f-ing time I do, but when in doubt, whether it be officiating or a ruling like this, the default position is every single time "screw Detroit".  It could be any sport (especially hockey against any f-ing team from the West Coast in the Stanley Cup) or almost any topic, when in doubt always "screw Detroit".

One man's unscientific opinion.

I get the arguments from the side that it was actually an inadvertent non-malicious act but having noted that consider the situation:

1. The player involved has already been involved in more than one dubious incident where an opposing player could be seriously hurt.

2. Players that do non-game related things that jeopardize another player's fitness and possibly the career is of great concern not only to the particular team, but should be a concern to the player's union and the league.

In particular, if the star players, the ones who bring in the fans on Sunday afternoon are being taken out by non-game related stuff it hurts everyone. Some forms of entertainment go down that "goon" path thinking it riles up the fans and builds fan interest, but in the established major leagues no one will support it. Even the NHL which verged into that territory for a time realized that people want to see guys like Gretsky skate, pass and score and not to see him get mugged with or without the puck.

3. So do star players get a benefit - yes, because they are the reasons the stands are filled and everyone in the league knows that. Likewise repeat offenders get a very close watch and don't get cut any slack. In this case, the team has already had a player (Raiola) who had two incidents in a short period of time,  and Suh hasn't helped his own cause - he's been his own worst enemy.

He can't blame the league on this - the NFL hierarchy is in their bunker trying to deal with the domestic violence issue and the concussion issue, and the very last thing they need is to be seen going soft on not protecting the star players that bring in the big ratings on TV.

4. Finally as someone who has been following the Lions are far longer than any sane person should, it was a classic bit of Same Old Lions - finding another way to self destruct.

That suspension was based on his reputation and not the actual incident. That play hardly warrants a fine.

BS call by the league.

This blog, if maybe not this thread, has a pretty wide readership--there are people here from across the country and around the world.

Is there anyone here who is not a Lions fan that thinks this was not intentional?

I'm not a fan of either team and have no dog in this fight at all, but that was as obvious as could be, to me, and to everyone I've spoken to that saw it.

Doesn't matter.  My Seahawks will win it all anyways.

1) first step back was probably unavoidable, second was almost certainly intentional

2) Any other player (on either side of the play) and this would be a fine at most. It's stupid and dirty, but no worse than jumping on a pile frankly.

If anyone thinks that was unintentional then do this.  Put a phone book on the ground and step back on it with your left foot.  What to you do?  You pull away and keep your weight on your right foot.  You don't put all of your weight on your left foot and pull your right foot off the ground.  He should have been suspended for the entire post season and 2 games next season.    Punk.

He's a dipshit, I could understand the first step, but come on, the second was as intentional as could be. An asshole/selfish move. Good riddance.

Good. He did it on purpose, again, the very next game after Raiola did it, on purpose. He deserves to be suspended.

being currently suspended at the time, I'd give him a pass. But it was totally intentional, he knows his own reputation, and he knows that sort of thing is going to be scrutinized just that much more given what happened the game before. The fact that he tried to do it "lightly" as if he could get away with it tells me he's dumber than anyone thought he was. He's a hotheaded jerk that loses control way too often, just like Raiola. I for one, hope Suh does stay with Detroit, because he could be such a damn special player if he could keep his shit together. The suspension was justified though, IMHO.