Former NFL safety Ed Reed does not approve of Ndamukong Suh being able to play against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. In fact, Reed feels that Suh shouldn’t even be playing in the divisional round of the playoffs if the Detroit Lions happen to beat Dallas.
On the latest edition of Showtime’s “Inside the NFL,” Reed said the NFL should have suspended Suh for more than one game.
“When you have stuff like this in the game, that shouldn’t be tolerated,” Reed said, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. “He probably should have [been suspended more than one game] because of the things that he’s been doing up to this point – kicking guys and really disrespecting the game of football and the brotherhood that we have. Some things you just don’t do.”
This is not the first time Reed has been critical of the NFL for being careless with player safety.
Plenty of people share Reed’s opinion. Suh, who had his suspension reduced to a fine on Tuesday, has a long history of taking cheap shots at opponents.
In all likelihood, appeals officer Ted Cottrell reduced the penalty because it was hard to prove intent. Suh didn’t look at Rodgers before stepping on him. He didn’t look back after doing it, either, which led some to believe he knew exactly what he was doing.
In any event, the Lions dodged a major bullet. If they want to be able to stop the Cowboys’ offense, they’ll need all hands on deck.
