The Ravens and Terrell Suggs’ agent are raising hell about a hit Brady Quinn put on Suggs last night after an interception, so I went back to the video and broke it down frame by frame:
Ray Lewis and Suggs’ agent Gary Wichard are both saying the hit was a blatant cheap shot, but in the context of the play, where the ball carrier was, I don’t know how you can fault Quinn. His hit on Suggs clearly caused the ball carrier to change direction and be tackled an instant later.
Quinn’s explanation of the play to the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER:
Quinn spoke to Suggs on the field and was visibly upset when Suggs limped off. “I was trying to go for the ball carrier,” he said. “Suggs came across at the last second in my vision. I would never wish that upon anyone. I was upset about it on the field. We worked out in Arizona together. I couldn’t be any more sorry about that. That was never the intent. I’m sorry to Terrell and the rest of their team.”
From the video, I can’t dispute what he’s saying there.
Meanwhile, Ray Lewis told the BALTIMORE SUN it was a blatant dirty play.
“Heck yeah it was a cheap shot,” Lewis said after the Ravens’ 16-0 win. “When you’re running down and you’re looking at the quarterback going at somebody’s knees who doesn’t even have the ball. I want to see if he gets the same fine I got or even higher. Now this man is out four or five weeks because of some baloney like that.”
(Scroll to 1:50)
Suggs it appears may have suffered a significant knee injury and we all feel bad for him, but in this case, I don’t think there’s any punishment that can be leveled on Quinn. And the severity of Suggs’ knee injury should have no bearing on a sanction the league office would place on Quinn.
5:48 pm on November 17th, 2009
It was a chop block and Quinn was flagged for it (as he should have). Mark Sanchez did the same thing when he got picked off against the Saints.
6:23 pm on November 17th, 2009
Who realy cares the Ravens Defense has been built on gang members, and violence, and now Brady Quinn gave some back, Nice hit, I love it, man up if you want to play this game, ravens play dirty all the time Right MR Lewis???
6:30 pm on November 17th, 2009
I am sure Suggs wasn’t going to light Quinn up……. riiiiiiiiight? Brady just beat him to it. Boo hoo he got hit by a QB while he was trying to do the same. did the browns lose there best player on a B.S. hit? oh yeah they did
6:48 pm on November 17th, 2009
I say take some of your own medicine, at least Suggs is still alive. We all know what Lewis did.
Go Brady!
7:41 pm on November 17th, 2009
defenses put QBs in their crosshairs after picks all the time; can’t say i’m too upset BQ beat em to it.
8:58 pm on November 17th, 2009
Sanction Quinn for a hit on Suggs? HA! That’s like sanctioning a heartless quarterback for a hit on a ferocious lineman! Oh, wait…
10:24 pm on November 17th, 2009
A clear cheap shot. Why would you be chop blocking after you just got picked off? You Ravens haters should get some new material
11:42 pm on November 17th, 2009
As cheap as they get. When I saw that giff above, I couldn’t believe the author thought that supported Quinn. It clearly shows that his story (going for the ball carrier) is bogus as the ball carrier was 4 yrds back and Suggs was directly in his line of vision. That’s a bad lie. I’m sure he didn’t mean to knock him out for the year, and I’m sure he’s sorry, but that doesn’t mean he should get all the fines, suspensions, ect. that any of the Ravens would have gotten for a hit on him the same way. If it was the other way around, Suggs would likely have been suspended.
Last but not least, I live in NE and I can’t believe how ignorant all of you are about Ray Lewis and the rest of the Ravens. You clearly read some tabloid headlines and never bothered to find out the real story. Pathetic.
3:25 am on November 18th, 2009
Better video here
http://www.nfl.com/videos/baltimore-ravens/09000d5d81443c45/Chris-Carr-INT
It does look like quinn torpedoes at the guy’s legs. You can’t tell what he was looking at, but his explanation that the 300 lb lineman suddenly jumped in front of him doesn’t hold water.
7:43 am on November 18th, 2009
like ray lewis hasnt had cheap shots against other players, he is one to talk.
8:07 am on November 18th, 2009
Cheap shot all the way. I would say kick him out of the league but it looks like he is doing a pretty good job of playing himself out on his own.
8:37 am on November 18th, 2009
So Suggs wants to be known as the sandy vag that whines about getting hit by Brady Quinn? Seriously?
9:03 am on November 18th, 2009
Looked like Quinn was diving straight for the feet of the CBack when Suggs ran in front of him. Didn’t even look like a knee shot, more like thighs and waist
10:12 am on November 18th, 2009
Raven Haters?
Ravens arent good enough to care about this year, wait until this weekend when they cry about being beat by 30+ by the Colts!!
10:38 am on November 18th, 2009
For a team that is supposed to all bad and nasty they certainly whine like little bitches about everything
11:36 am on November 18th, 2009
Ray Lewis calling out a cheap shot?!?! Are you kidding me? The man has made a career out of unnecessarily blind siding people. Who would think he is not showing as much class as Chad Ochocinco, who asked Lewis not be fined after he took Lewis’ helmet crown in the grill after a ball went by.
2:23 pm on November 18th, 2009
The question was not whether Lewis or Suggs is whining or whether either has ever delivered a cheap shot. The question was whether Quinn deserved to be fined.
The answer is simple. If you hit a player on or below the knees when they are not looking it is labeled a chop block. This is illegal. People receive fines when they do so.
Ipso facto, Brady Quinn gets fined.
Funny thing is, Quinn was not in a position to block seeing as he was playing defense at this point in the play.
Quinn’s explanation of the play…laughable. He took direct aim at Suggs’ knees and anyone who argues this is plain ignorant.