Suggs is already in midseason form!

[BmorePat87]

(08-23-2015, 10:45 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: No it wasn't. It says they called the wrong penalty. They called roughing the passer, but it should have been unnecessary roughness. 

"Roughing the passer was clearly the wrong call, but Suggs still could have been flagged for unnecessary roughness. The league office will likely have more to say about the hit this week"


That's a direct quote from the article. You never go low on a quarterback, you will get flagged and probably fined. Either it was dirty or Suggs is just not smart enough to figure out that the league will protect starting QBs at all costs. "But the rules say he is a runner" boo hoo and the league says, he's still a quarterback, you don't go low. Please tell me that you are smart enough to understand that.

He makes that same hit on Brady, or Manning or Rodgers he'd be getting hammered as the dirtiest player alive and probably missing at least 4 games. The league protects QBs, you'd think by now that with all those years in the game he'd have figured this out.

I always find it amusing when someone cuts out half of a quote. The quote you supplied was preceded by

Quote:Suggs is right that quarterbacks can be hit like runners when they’re running the ball on read-option plays, and the penalty was confusing because the referee announced the penalty as “roughing the passer” even though it wasn’t on a passing play — Suggs hit Bradford after Bradford handed off to Darren Sproles. 

He COULD have been given an unnecessary roughness penalty, yes. Any big hit could get one based on the whim of the referee, but it was a legal play. Suggs was allowed to hit him. If we're reviewing the actual rules for UR, it isn't

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/29969/nfl-rulebook-unnecessary-roughness

Suggs doesn't spear him with his helmet. He wraps him up with his arms as he dives for him.