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Ndamukong Suh will pay a steep price for his fancy footwork in Sunday's loss to the
Green Bay Packers.
Notable Suh discipline Date
Offense
League discipline
Dec. 2014
Stepped on Aaron Rodgers' calf
Suspended for wild-card game
Nov. 2013
Throat-slash gesture toward Bucs
Fined $7,875
Oct. 2013
Hit on Brandon Weeden
Fined $31,500
Sept. 2013
Low block on John Sullivan
Fined $100,000
Nov. 2012
Stepped on Matt Schaub
Fined $30,000
Nov. 2011
Stomped on Evan Dietrich-Smith
Suspended two-games
Aug. 2011
Hit on Andy Dalton
Fined $20,000
Dec. 2010
Hit on Jay Cutler
Fined $15,000
Sept. 2010
Hit on Jake Delhomme
Fined $7,500
The NFL has suspended the
Lions' defensive tackle for one game for stepping on the leg of
Packers quarterback
Aaron Rodgers, the league announced Monday. Suh will not be available for
Sunday's NFC wild card game against the
Dallas Cowboys.
"You did not respond in the manner of someone who had lost his balance and accidentally contacted another player who was lying on the ground," NFL vice president of football operations Merton Hanks said in a letter to Suh. "This illegal contact, specifically the second step and push off with your left foot, clearly could have been avoided.
"You unnecessarily stepped on your opponent's unprotected leg as he lay on the ground unable to protect himself."
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports that Suh will appeal the suspension, per a league source. The appeal will be heard and decided by either Derrick Brooks or Ted Cottrell. The video evidence of Suh's actions will be difficult for him to overcome.
After Suh knocked Rodgers over in the fourth quarter, replays showed Suh taking two steps backward, with both feet landing on the injured area between the star passer's ankle and calf.
"I didn't see it live, I didn't see it on the (scoreboard), but from what I'm told,
I'm told it was ridiculous,"
Packers coach
Mike McCarthy said. "There's no place for that. That's where I'm at with it. I don't understand it, frankly."
Suh's history likely played a role in the league's decision to ban the All-Pro defender.
Suh served a two-game suspension in 2011 after he
stomped on the arm of then-
Packers offensive lineman
Evan Dietrich-Smith. One year later, Suh was
fined $30,000 by the NFL for kicking then-
Texans quarterback
Matt Schaub in the groin. Since 2010, the behemoth has been
fined seven times for player-safety violations.
Suh's punishment couldn't come at a worse time for the
Lions. As the beating heart of the team's nasty defensive front, he loomed as the central cog in Detroit's plan to slow down
Cowboys running back
DeMarco Murray and neutralize the NFC's finest offensive line.
This could be a fitting end to Suh's time in Detroit. Rapoport reported previously that the
Lions are prepared to let Suh test free agency.
