No fine for Suh for taking a swipe at Mankins

[Haley]

I was a little surprised by this. I thought for sure the NFL would take a stand and fine anyone who throws a punch in a game. Are we setting a new precedent here or is this fairly typical already? The only other example of punching in preseason (Jacobs/Giants, Wilkerson/Jets) resulted in ejection from the game and offsetting penalties. I'm not sure if either has been fined yet.

According to Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com, the NFL will not fine Lions defensive tackle defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh for his role in an altercation with Patriots guard Logan Mankins in Saturday's preseason game.

Report: Suh not fined for swipe at Mankins

It is interesting to note that Freeman was fairly certain he would be fined in his previous story.

On Twitter, Lions fans showed their smallness by saying Suh was justified throwing the punch because he was defending a teammate. That's part of The Danny Ainge Syndrome. If you were a Celtics fan when Ainge was in Boston, you loved him. If he was an opponent, you thought he was cheap. So I understand that phenomenon and it's happening with Suh.

There's still no excusing what he did. It was totally a punk move and there's little doubt the NFL is going to fine Suh.

Suh's nastiness changes Lions' culture, makes him a dirty player - NFL - CBSSports.com Football

 

[Sciz]

The NFL just went against every precedent they've ever set on this case.

 

[cstjohn17]

It was nothing, stop crying about it. No fine was necessary.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

It's not like they are above a little politics for PR reasons. Suh is getting a nasty reputation. At the same time he is being touted as a DPOY and ressurecting face of a franchise player for a team that has been down for the count for a long time now... The League is probably hearing the whining from Detroit that this isn't good marketing for them or the league...

 

[Deus Irae]

More grist for the "Goodell is biased against the Patriots" mill...

 

[NEGoldenAge]

It's not like they are above a little politics for PR reasons. Suh is getting a nasty reputation. At the same time he is being touted as a DPOY and ressurecting face of a franchise player for a team that has been down for the count for a long time now... The League is probably hearing the whining from Detroit that this isn't good marketing for them or the league...

I was thinking the same thing. I hate politics.

 

[Mogamedogz]

It was nothing, stop crying about it. No fine was necessary.

Exactly... Mankins is a dirty animal too. Those two are bound to mix it up. God only knows what Mankins laid on him when the cameras werent watching.

That's football in the trenches boys.

 

[livinginthe past]

Suh not getting fined should be applauded.

I really don't regard what he did as a 'punch' - he was just aggresively pushing Mankins away from his teammate.

Its the similar enough to what Mankins himself has done on many occasions - in fact Mankins comments on the matter should tell us all we know.

Looking forward to watching Suh get in faces of many QBs not named Brady this year!

 

[Two Eight]

If anybody deserved a fine on that play it was Mankins not Suh :bricks:

There's too many fines for less than serious stuff the past few years anyways.

 

[Deus Irae]

If anybody deserved a fine on that play it was Mankins not Suh :bricks:

There's too many fines for less than serious stuff the past few years anyways.

A tug on a facemask deserves a fine but a punch doesn't?

 

[WhiZa]

I really don't regard what he did as a 'punch' - he was just aggresively pushing Mankins face away from his teammate.

fixed for you

 

[Lansdowne]

Don't have a problem with this as long as the league looks the other way when a Patriots player eventually does the same thing Suh did.

 

[Two Eight]

A tug on a facemask deserves a fine but a punch doesn't?

No, neither deserves a fine.

And it wasn't really a punch it was a half-hearted little girly swing

 

[Deus Irae]

No, neither deserves a fine.

And it wasn't really a punch it was a half-hearted little girly swing

Suh deserved a fine for what was clearly a punch.

Now, I say that not because I care about the punches, but because the Ommissioner is supposed to be all about law, order and safety.

 

[Two Eight]

I just think there's already too many fines for little stuff that should be handled on the field and by the coaches when the player gets back to the sidelines.

Should have probably been offsetting penalties.

 

[Joker]

so...you think the punch was a "girly" shot so no fine necessary...from a 300 + pound animal with a history already built...OK...then what about the push that came right after the "girly" punch...? He punched THEN he immediately pushed with a shiver shot following...or did you NOT see the game?

If it was GB instead of the Pats ,Suh gets fined.

 

[Two Eight]

Nah I was just joking on Suh. It was actually a pretty stiff right...but it was an airball.