Updated throughout the day with quick takes from staff.
Anybody who had a burning desire to see something horrible happen to Browns QB Jake Delhomme--like still-bitter Panther fans, or maybe hyper-specific racists--was in luck last night. During the Detroit Lions' game against Cleveland, Delhomme was flushed from the pocket when superfreak rookie Ndamukong Suh caught him. Specifically, Suh caught him by the head, and the violence was just beginning.
In one of the most obvious penalties in NFL history, Suh grabbed Delhomme by the face mask, then grabbed Delhomme's head with his other hand as well, tackled Delhomme with force applied to said head, then threw the hapless quarterback a second later for good measure. Oh, and Delhomme had gotten rid of the ball as soon as Suh had him by the facemask.
Video, for as long as it stays up, is after the break.
Suh's tackle was sort of a "throwback" play in multiple ways; first, he literally threw Delhomme back for no apparent reason, and second, it was the type of tackle you'd expect to see Dick Butkus make in one of those "the NFL was full of horrible people 40 years ago" black-and-white highlight reels.
We're not going to go Full Marriotti and demand Suh get kicked out of the league or anything like that, but imagine if a more reviled defensive tackle--say, one Albert Haynesworth--had done the exact same thing. Think the announcers would still be laughing? Think Roger Goodell gets involved? Think he wouldn't?
11 comments
Comments
Yeah Suh might be getting a pass because this is his first infraction. I do expect him to pay a fine this week, however, courtesy of Goodell.
The Mikan Drill
by JoshuaR on Aug 29, 2010 5:01 PM EDT reply actions
Bad. Ass.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
by JoeCB1991 on Aug 29, 2010 5:42 PM EDT reply actions
-1
Dirty play is dirty
"I'm from Maryland, and no one can beat me!"
by John Stephens on Aug 30, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Very.
"Thirty-nine seconds left...Manning lobs it, Burress alone, touchdown New York."
by tito (eight and oh) on Sep 1, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Woah
If you want to behead someone, use a guillotine.
Atlanta Hawks=the team that drafted big $$$$$$$$$ instead of big men.
by hawves on Aug 29, 2010 9:13 PM EDT reply actions
What a beast.
Oh hell yes.
by dba on Aug 30, 2010 12:01 AM EDT reply actions
Lack of objectivity here duly noted
but that’s just being a punk. Not beastly in my opinion.
What do we do if somehow Colt McCoy ends up on an NFL team starting against Vince Young?
by inVINCEable on Aug 30, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I think
that was the same move Arnold pulled on the “dead tired” guy in Commando.
by Grib on Aug 30, 2010 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
any coach
would love that mentality..just use it in better situations..not when the qb is down already lol.
"they try to do what he do, and been where he's been, but they get folded in two.....he's the dude"
by semsemma on Aug 30, 2010 1:05 PM EDT reply actions
Plus one.
"Thirty-nine seconds left...Manning lobs it, Burress alone, touchdown New York."
by tito (eight and oh) on Sep 1, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
snap their neck
but whatsup? why?
by SWRAVEN on Sep 3, 2010 3:05 PM EDT reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed