(Other) Quick Hits 8/25: Suh's Hit Only Being Talked About Right Now

• As I said in the other post, although there is significant media attention to the Ndamokung Suh hit on Chad Henne, no action against Suh has been taken at this time.  However, today's situation seems to indicate that, if Suh's hit is even ruled simply "Roughing the Passer", Suh probably will not see the field for at least Week One.
• Nor has anything been done with the D.J. Swearinger hit on Wes Welker, giving the latter his third concussion within a year.
• Someone needs to explain to me this one, as this probably requires significant context:  For patting (some reports say slapping) the fourth official on the head, Atletico Madrid's manager, Diego Simeone, has been banned for eight Spanish matches.

OK, let's get two things straight:

First, if he slapped the official, I don't care if it's Spain's Supercopa match (the match between the league winner and the tournament-cup winner in Spain -- most nations with double trophies like that have similar single matches to start the season), if Simeone slapped the official, the match should've been tossed then and there and eight matches is ludicrous.

Second, the league needs to come clear as to what he actually did, for the above reason.  Eight matches for patting the official on the head would probably have required he basically demeaned him in addition (like the Australian rugby player banned six months for calling the Grand Final referee "a fucking cheat" one year).  Eight matches for slapping him is a slap on the wrist.

• In a move probably designed to preclude a league fine for the Steelers, discussions are under way for the team to suspend LeVeon Bell and LeGarrette Blount for their marijuana arrest.
• About 100 players were asked by "NFL Nation Confidential" (I believe it's ESPN) the following:  "The only way I'd play for _______________ is if they doubled my salary." to determine the teams people least want to play for.  The Raiders were named on about a quarter of the ballots returned, surprising nobody.   The Bills (19%) and Browns (16%) were the only two other teams named on more than 10% of the ballots.  The Jaguars (9%) were fourth.

I'll get to fifth in a second, because I think it merits it's own mention.
The statement is simple:  If you were to have a list of the four teams the NFL needs to move RIGHT NOW, those would be your four teams.  The Raiders, Bills, Browns, and Jaguars are DEAD in their present situations, irrelevant in the corporate Q-Rating NFL.  The Raiders might be so bad off that, should they move next year to somewhere like San Antonio, the Raiders name might not come with them.  (Their lease at the current stadium expires after this year.)

What might come as some degree of a surprise (many probably would think it major, I not so much, but some) is that the Green Bay Packers actually finished fifth at 6%.  It's no shock to any Packers fan that most players in their prime do not want to come to Green Bay (no night-life, small city, not many endorsement opportunities), but for them to be that high on this list (especially given they are the only team here even remotely competitive in the NFL) would actually indicate, sans the unique situation of the fans owning the team and the support of the entire Wisconsin region, trouble for the Packers going forward.

• The New York Jets have banned indefinitely Dmitri Patterson for his AWOL incident over the weekend.  However, on roster-cut weekend (to 75), they didn't cut him.  The Jets believe that he's dissatisfied with where he is on the depth chart.  If that's the case, they should've cut him and his $3M immediately.