Saturday, August 23, 2014

In the "Here We Go Again" Department...

Ndamokung Suh, another controversial pre-season hit

Roughing Chad Henne, and the report linked states the following:

"On video replay, it appeared Suh lowered his helmet into Henne's chest after the quarterback had thrown the ball, potentially leading to the flag and the penalty."

If he's fined, it would be at least the third pre-season in which Suh has been fined, and Henne would become at least the sixth NFL quarterback for which Suh has been fined for roughing the passer -- this all on top of the suspension he served for the Thanksgiving kicking incident.

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Preseason Week 3 penalties:

Buffalo had 12.
Pittsburgh and Philly combined for 27 -- the Eagles had 14.  Total points scored:  52.
New England had 10.
The Giants and Jets had 10 apiece in their annual preseason game.  Total points:  59.
27 penalties also in Detroit-Jacksonville, over 230 yards.  In this case, total points was only 25.  Detroit had 15 of those penalties.
11 penalties for Green Bay vs. Oakland.  Total penalties:  20.  Total points:  52.
10 penalties for Chicago vs. Seattle.  Total Seattle penalties:  6.  Seattle won 34-6.

Any coincidences here?

EVERY GAME COMPLETED of the first seven had at least one team in double-digits in penalties for the "dress rehearsal" week of the pre-season.

Flags (and the lack thereof for certain teams) will determine who wins and loses, at least for quite a while.

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