Ndamukong Suh Fined $30,000 For Matt Schaub Kick


The NFL fined Detroit Lions’ Ndamukong Suh $30,000 on Wednesday for his Thanksgiving Day kick to the groin of Texans quarterback Matt Schaub.

On the play, Suh was taken to the ground by a Texan offensive lineman when he extended his left foot and kicked Schaub below the belt. Though many said the kick was intentional, Suh defended his actions, and said the blow was completely accidental.

“It’s a crazy play,” Suh said via MLive.com. “It’s one that unfortunately happened. I didn’t even realize until the end of the game and I see my Twitter feed, I have my friends tell me about it. Other than that, I can’t do much more about it. I was being dragged to the ground and my foot inadvertently hit the man. It’s over with. I’m moving forward, getting ready to play the Colts. …

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that he personally viewed the replay “from several different angles” but ultimately decided against suspending Suh because he couldn’t infer whether the kick was on purpose.

“Anytime you see a play like that, you want to say, ‘Why did it happen?’ ” Goodell said. “It’s hard for us to be able to determine that just from video. Those are the things that sometimes you have to talk to Ndamukong in this case, or the player, but intent is something that’s very difficult for us to ever try to make a judgment on.”

CBS Sports reports that in less than three seasons, Ndamukong Suh has accrued totaling more than $240,000.

In 2011 the defensive tackle was penalized for hits on Chicago’s Jay Cutler ($15,000) during the regular season and Cleveland’s Jake Delhomme ($7,500) in a preseason game.

Suh also was fined and suspended two games in 2011 for stomping Packers lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith on Thanksgiving Day. He lost over $165,00o in income as a result of that incident.

Readers: Do you think Ndamukong Suh should have been suspended for kicking Matt Schaub? Do you think the kick was intentional?

Watch a reply of the incident in the video below and decide for yourself:

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