NFL Postseason Megathread: Playoffs in the Post-Orton Era

[alfred russel]

I don't get it. Isn't it better to watch games that have the awesome players playing?

And if it comes to pass that someone takes out his knee, you can feel that justice was done.

[jimmy olsen]

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has won his appeal of his one-game suspension, sources told ESPN.com.

Suh was suspended for stepping on the leg of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the Lions' regular-season finale.

The one-game suspension would have kept Suh out of Detroit's wild-card playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

In lieu of the suspension, Suh has been fined $70,000.

Disgusting

[dps]

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has won his appeal of his one-game suspension, sources told ESPN.com.

Suh was suspended for stepping on the leg of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the Lions' regular-season finale.

The one-game suspension would have kept Suh out of Detroit's wild-card playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

In lieu of the suspension, Suh has been fined $70,000.

Disgusting

I wouldn't call it disgusting;  nonsensical would be more like it.

If it was intentional, then a 1-game suspension (at least) is completely justified.

If it wasn't intentional, then there should be no fine, either.

[alfred russel]

If it was intentional, then a 1-game suspension (at least) is completely justified.

For stepping on a leg. In a football game.

[CountDeMoney]

If it was intentional, then a 1-game suspension (at least) is completely justified.

For stepping on a leg. In a football game.

Yeah.  Perspective, people.

[jimmy olsen]

If it was intentional, then a 1-game suspension (at least) is completely justified.

For stepping on a leg. In a football game.

Are you literally retarded? A three hundred pound man stepping on another man's leg is a lot more likely to cause serious injury than him throwing a punch, and I'm sure even you would say that would merit a suspension.

[Berkut]

If it was intentional, then a 1-game suspension (at least) is completely justified.

For stepping on a leg. In a football game.

Yeah.  Perspective, people.

If it was intentional, then a 1-game suspension (at least) is completely justified.

For stepping on a leg. In a football game.

For intentionally stepping on someones leg, twice, yes. That is an attempt to injure someone.

There is no way Suh didn't know he was stepping on his leg after he did it the first time.

[alfred russel]

Are you literally retarded? A three hundred pound man stepping on another man's leg is a lot more likely to cause serious injury than him throwing a punch, and I'm sure even you would say that would merit a suspension.

No harm no foul. Suh is welcome to come over and step on my leg for $70k whenever he pleases. I'll even fly to Detroit.

I frankly don't get why throwing a punch has become such a big deal in football. Don't get me wrong--definitely deserves a penalty and a fine, but go back and watch games from the 80s. Not nearly such a big deal. And why should it be? In hockey punches are thrown all the time without the sky falling, and in football guys are armored up. Hitting a guy in the head is more dangerous to the puncher than the punchee.

[Neil]

A three hundred pound man stepping on another man's leg is a lot more likely to cause serious injury than him throwing a punch,

That's probably not true.  The legs are quite resistant to that sort of damage.  It'll hurt, but it's not all that likely to do serious injury unless you were to, say, post somebody's shin.

Calm down.

[alfred russel]

For intentionally stepping on someones leg, twice, yes. That is an attempt to injure someone.

Are you sure? It seems more like an attempt to be an asshole.

[sbr]

Rodgers has been dealing with a lower leg injury for 2 weeks.  That was more than being an asshole.

[dps]

If it was intentional, then a 1-game suspension (at least) is completely justified.

For stepping on a leg. In a football game.

More for being a repeat offender, IMO.

[jimmy olsen]

Are you literally retarded? A three hundred pound man stepping on another man's leg is a lot more likely to cause serious injury than him throwing a punch, and I'm sure even you would say that would merit a suspension.

No harm no foul. Suh is welcome to come over and step on my leg for $70k whenever he pleases. I'll even fly to Detroit.

I frankly don't get why throwing a punch has become such a big deal in football. Don't get me wrong--definitely deserves a penalty and a fine, but go back and watch games from the 80s. Not nearly such a big deal. And why should it be? In hockey punches are thrown all the time without the sky falling, and in football guys are armored up. Hitting a guy in the head is more dangerous to the puncher than the punchee.

Just because people did something in the past doesn't mean it's morally acceptable to do it now, or was morally acceptable to do it then.

They shouldn't throw punches in Hockey either.

[sbr]

In his appeal Suh said his feet were so frozen he couldn't tell the difference between standing on the flat ground and standing on someone's leg.

[derspiess]

In his appeal Suh said his feet were so frozen he couldn't tell the difference between standing on the flat ground and standing on someone's leg.

And they didn't laugh in his face.  League needs to get its shit together; it's still a complete joke when it comes to discipline.