axemillen said:
When this happened during the game I was all for suspending suh for the rest of the season. After watching the video of it happening again a few times I kind of wonder if maybe there is something to what suh was saying. If you watch it you can see Dietrich-Smith's arm over Suh's shoulder and it looks like he IS holding Suh down on top of him. It does look bad with Suh pushing his helmet down into the ground a few times but maybe that is a product of him trying to get up.
The kick looks real bad. But, if you watch the video again it looks like either dude has ahold of suh's foot/leg somehow or Suh just kinda trips getting up. I dont know about you guys but sometimes when I trip I do kinda hop as a reaction to get my balance.
Dont get me wrong I am not saying Suh is innocent at all. It looks real bad and most likely he was trying to kick him. I just feel like if Suh was trying to hurt him by stomping on his arm...he probably would have hurt him. The bad part of all this is if Suh is indeed innocent we will never know because he has been battling that dirty player image. Either way I am glad we have depth on the dl.
+1
When I saw it live I had the "Oh you fucking dipshit" reaction like everybody else... but if you watch the replay of it - ya, they are holding him down and he's trying to get up...
Then once he's up, there's a guy on his back pulling him backwards, and it looks like the guy on the ground has his foot for a second and the "kick" looks a lot more like Suh trying to shake the guy's hand off, rather than trying to stomp him.
Live, totally agree with most people's assessment. Looked really dirty, and totally on-point with his label...
I think there's an awful lot of slanderous journalism going on because it's the new hot storyl, and it fuels the fire that he's a dirty player.
We can only hope that when Rog looks at it, that he see's what some of the Suh Defender's are seeing, and doesn't watch it once at full speed and listen to the label.
Suh didn't do himself any favors either with his fumbling explanation at the post-game presser. If he woulda came out and said "Dude had ahold of my foot and I tried to shake him off" maybe they focus in more on that part. I think if anything, actions aside, his explanation probably did more harm than good.