NFL Week 11: The Punch That Backed Roger Goodell Into a Corner

November 22, 2010   ·   Nick Signorelli   ·   Jump to comments

NFL football is one of the toughest games on the planet. Very large, fast men, get paid millions of dollars to play in a game where they pound and abuse each other on every single play.
There was a play in the preseason, in a game between the Cleveland Browns and the Detroit Lions, that to this day I am amazed at what I saw.
On a play (that you can see right here), Lions rookie Defensive Tackle Ndamukong Suh acted as if he was in the WWE, when he grabbed Delhomme by the face mask, turned him around, wrapped his arms around his head, then slammed him, by his head, into the turf.
The ref's immediately threw flags from about every direction. There is no question that this was not only a penalty, but one that would warrant an ejection. The Browns were awarded a first down, and half the distance to the goal.
What struck me then, and to this day surprises me, is the manner in which the Browns offensive linemen acted when they saw their QB abused in a way that, in the NFL,...

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