Good lawd!!! Maybe this will teach him? You wanna play dirty – you’re going to have to pay!
Ndamukong Suh fined $100,000 (not suspended) for low block on Vikings’ John Sullivan.
Details after the jump…
Via ESPN:
Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was fined $100,000 for his hit on Minnesota Vikings center John Sullivan in Sunday’s game, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder.
Fox Sports had earlier reported that the NFL was considering a fine of $100,000 for Suh for his illegal low block against Sullivan during an interception return by teammate DeAndre Levy. Suh was penalized on the play, nullifying a Lions touchdown during Detroit’s 34-24 victory.
The NFL fined Suh $30,000 last year for unnecessary roughness because he kicked Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the groin area. He was suspended for two games in 2011 after he stomped on Green Bay’s Evan Dietrich-Smith.
Suh has also been fined in previous seasons for roughing up quarterbacks: the Cincinnati Bengals’ Andy Dalton, the Chicago Bears’ Jay Cutler and then-Cleveland Browns QB Jake Delhomme.
Suh said he wasn’t going after Sullivan’s knees Sunday, adding the two talked about it at halftime.
“I spoke to him, we’re good,” Suh said after Sunday’s game. “So that’s all that matters.”
Sullivan said afterward the hit was part of the game and it was penalized, and on Monday he didn’t seem interested in fanning the flames.
“He apologized and said there was no intent to injure. It’s fine,” he said. “I think guys get caught up in the play sometimes. So, sometimes things happen. It’s hard to even remember what you do when you get caught up in the moment. I appreciate the fact that he came up to me and said something, yeah.”
