ProMallNinja

The article says that former player, Merton Hanks, determined the amount for the fine. We don't really know how much of an influence Goodell had on the situation (although I'm sure it was plentiful). It at least appears as though he is passing the buck on a few things. Anyway, the flag would have been sufficient for about 99% of the players in the league. Suh has developed a reputation that precedes him, and this fine is a step toward teaching him to have some regard for the health and livelihood of his co-workers. It was an entirely unnecessary play that displays a sickening disconnect between playing hard and playing with intent to inflict harm outside of the framework of sportsmanship and honorable gamesmanship. The next step for plays of this nature from Suh should and will be suspension. While I am 110% FOR playing hard and aggressive, I do not see how anyone could condone plays such as this one or think that in-game penalties are sufficient for habitual plays of this nature. When plays like Suh's chop away from the ball become habitual, as they have for Suh, then THAT PLAYER has become the major problem and not any fine or punishment levied against them for such actions.