Suggs is already in midseason form!

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(08-23-2015, 07:10 PM)Whatever Wrote: Dude, he intentionally went low on Bradford well after he had handed the ball off.  If Bradford still had possession, then it is a legal play, no doubt.  However, without the ball, it's illegal.  Nobody in the world is going to argue that the QB is fair game to hit behind the play after a handoff, particularly low.  Otherwise, every DL in the NFL would be creaming the QB after every run play.  

As far as malicious, it's hard to say.  It's definitely unwarranted in a preseason game with nothing on the line and where the #1 goal for both clubs is to get out healthy.  Besides which, after Ravens players talking about going low and "putting hot sauce on their ankles", it's tough for anybody outside of Baltimore to give them the benefit of the doubt in these situations anymore.

Dude a hand off yes.. not a option designed play. On any hand-off play, to get "QB protection" (as in getting a flag for getting hit). Until they do that, they should be fair game to be hit.  You can't have your cake (getting to run a deceptive trick play that throws off the defense) and eat it too (preserving your pretty boy QB for years to come).

Which is precisely why teams that truly value their QBs don't run it or the only decent QBs you see running it have great speed. And even those great speed QBs try to evolve and not run it as much. If your QB isn't as big as Cam Newton/Tim Tebow or as fast as Kaepernick, Wilson and RGIII(past tense) then you are basically begging a smart defense to end his season every time you decide to run it. Going low or not. When it was all the rage 3 years ago, current and former players were saying that it wouldn't last because eventually the teams running it would run out of QBs.

As far as "hot sauce" lol you bring up a quote from NINE years ago as part of argument for August 2015?!

It was low but definitely wasn't cheap. It was a dang arm tackle.