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Exactly. If you want to say Suh is playing boneheaded because he's going to get himself suspended for a cheap shot, that's one thing. To say he's underachieving is silly.
Here's what Banks wrote about Suh:
For a guy who dominated games during his rookie season, Suh hasn't really delivered the same impact this year. You talk to NFL personnel evaluators and they'll tell you he's getting blocked out of plays more effectively this season and disappearing for stretches of games. The numbers bear this out: After his monster 10-sack, 66-tackle season of 2010, with three passes defensed, one interception and one forced fumble, Suh has just three sacks and 23 tackles in seven games, with no takeaways or passes defensed. Suh set the bar very high as a rookie, but he hasn't matched that production level in year two.
This is not the first time I've read that Suh is not performing up to what he did last year. Lots of guys struggle in their second year (see McCourty, Devin). With any of these guys, you have to wonder whether they can handle success, because once they stop working and studying to improve themselves, they can lose whatever competitive edge they had in a hurry.