I’m sorry I really laughed out loud when I read this. Â Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said the bounty placed on players by members of the New Orleans Saints is “unfortuante”. Â Suh says he would never participate in such a program which sounds odd coming from a player voted as “dirtest player in the league”. Â I guess Suh prefers to stomp out his opponents for free and the love of the game. Â Read more after the jump.
“Personally, I don’t take part in those things,” Suh said Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway, where he is grand marshal for NASCAR’s Subway Fresh Fit 500. “Knowing my teammates and knowing my coaches, we don’t allow that.”
Suh said he knows NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will come down hard on the Saints for the bounties – as Goodell has done for Suh himself – but the former Nebraska star said he supports any punishment.
“He’s going to deal with it obviously with a stiff hand as he has in the past,” Suh said. “Hopefully people can learn from those mistakes and just make an example out of it.”
Suh said he was uncertain how widespread the bounties were in the NFL, but just said he knew the practice didn’t take place in Detroit.
“I have friends that play on other teams, obviously, but I really don’t know much about it,” he said.
It’s always a mission to try and get to the quarterback, Suh said, but hurting another player was a completely different matter.
“For me personally and I know my teammates, we don’t want to put anybody out,” he said. “I would never want anybody to target me and take me out, so why would I do it to anybody else?”
