National writers have sounded off of Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and his stomp of Green Bay offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith on Thanksgiving.
Here is what some of those writers are saying by way of the Detroit Free Press…
• Kevin Seifert, espn.com: “Thursday will go down as the day Ndamukong Suh lost his innocence. No longer can there be a reasonable debate about the style and intent of his play, much less his comprehension of its consequences, not after his game ejection and subsequent explanation after the Detroit Lions’ 27-15 loss to the Green Bay Packers. The entire nation watched Suh pound the head of Packers guard Evan Dietrich-Smith into the ground three times and then stomp on him as the two were separated. Many of you saw his postgame comments, a scary mix of manic sentences and paranoid conspiracy theories that suggested the gulf between Suh and the NFL’s accepted way of life is widening rather than closing here at the end of his second season.”
• Chris Burke, si.com: “Ndamukong Suh earned his dirty reputation and hurt his team. Plain and simple, there’s just no excuse for what Suh did in the third quarter.”
• Mike Pereira, foxsports.com: “To make matters worse, after the game Thursday, Suh said he was trying to regain his balance while pushing Dietrich-Smith’s head to the turf and then stomping on his arm. Who knew Suh was a comedian? The good news is he’ll probably have a lot more time to work on his routine during his suspension.”
• Jason Cole, yahoo.com: “Suh’s personal foul for driving the head of Green Bay offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith(notes) into the turf and then stomping on Dietrich-Smith’s arm on Thursday ranks among the dumbest, most out-of-control plays you will ever see. Suh made it worse with his lame claim that he didn’t intend either act. … Don’t play us like fools. … He further eroded his already diminishing group of supporters. The play was impossible to defend, idiocy on so many levels that it creates a mental traffic jam trying to figure out which was worse: his lack of sportsmanship, his bad timing within the game or his bad timing within this season.”
• Dan Hanzus, nfl.com: “The Lions certainly reinforced their reputation for being an undisciplined team on Thursday. This doesn’t reflect well on coach Jim Schwartz or Suh, who seems unaware of the responsibilities that go along with being a face of your franchise.”
Ref: NFL.com, Detroit Free Press, Yahoo! Sports, SI.com, ESPN.com,