Official Detroit Lions Forum Thread

[mgoblue2290]

They stood around for a good 30 seconds. Maybe that was the case, but it seemed like they were just standing around calling a play.

I was at the game so maybe it was the camera angle, but I'm 90% sure the ref stood over the ball and wasn't allowing us to line up. They were basically waiting for the call to review.

[j.hen]

I was at the game so maybe it was the camera angle, but I'm 90% sure the ref stood over the ball and wasn't allowing us to line up. They were basically waiting for the call to review.

Glad they got it right.

[mgoblue2290]

Glad they got it right.

Yeah it was the right call no doubt. I hate being given breaks on blown calls.

[Maynard]

Detroit starting to play like Detroit?

[krulmichael]

Messed up I must say if it's indeed true:

Source: Yahoo Sports

We know that Detroit Lions super-tackle Ndamukong Suh(notes) doesn't have a lot of respect for quarterbacks — he's exhibited this through his NFL career with roughing the passer penalties that have been legit at times, and he's displayed a certain proclivity for twisting the heads of certain Ohio-based quarterbacks (specifically, Cleveland's Jake Delhomme(notes) in 2010 and Cincinnati's Andy Dalton(notes) in 2011) as if they were bottle tops. But according to several members of the Atlanta Falcons' offense, Suh took things way too far after Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan(notes) was injured on a freak play in the third quarter of the Falcons' 23-16 win at Detroit's Ford Field.

The play, which had Ryan in obvious pain after his right ankle bent in a bad way after he tripped over tackle Will Svitek(notes). Ryan came off the field and returned to action shortly thereafter, but per Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Suh and at least one teammate went over the line verbally.

"I had respect for Suh before the game," Falcons center Todd McClure(notes) said after the game. "But when Matt was on the ground, the things he was saying and the trash he was talking was definitely uncalled for. There are certain things you don't do. [He said], 'Get the cart' and several other things that I can't repeat."

Receiver Roddy White(notes) agreed. "I lost a whole lot of respect for 90 [Suh] today, and also 92 [Cliff Avril(notes)], the [bleep] they were doing when Matt got hurt. That was unacceptable. … Like 92 was kicking [Ryan's] feet, saying, 'Get him off the field.' We don't do stuff like that. We don't rally over guys when they get hurt. It was just inappropriate behavior. I mean, 'Get the cart'? Are you serious? Come on. When you compete, you never want to see a guy get hurt."

Suh had no specific comment about his alleged comments, saying only that he was disappointed in the Lions' second straight loss, and remarking that his run defense isn't what it should be. Ryan just said that he didn't hear whatever Suh and Avril were saying, which makes sense — you tend to not hear a lot when you're in that much pain.

Avril had this to say via his Twitter account:

Come on I'm not in the business of hurting not one guy on the field... I would never taunt anyone on an injury...But if we want to talk about dirty players look at the film and see who prides themselves on being dirty...

So, that really didn't help.

While the Lions allegedly showed less than ideal class, Ryan proved his toughness. "Well, when I first came to the sideline, I didn't know, because I wanted to make sure the trainers had a chance to look at it—want to be smart in those situations," Ryan said of the injury. "Once I came back in and was able to get it taped and move around on it, I knew I was going to be fine. So, I came back out and told [head coach] Mike [Smith] I was going to be good to go, then came in on third down."

Smith put it more succinctly: His quarterback showed why the Falcons are comfortable putting the franchise in Ryan's hands. "It just shows you the resolve and the resiliency of this guy. He got whacked pretty good; we had to take him into the locker room and really get a good examination. When I saw him coming out of the tunnel, I was trying like crazy to see if we could get him back out there for that third down. Can you go?

"And Matt said, 'Hey, I need to just see if I can put some pressure on it.' He just took a shot and said, 'Hey, I'm ready to go.' He goes out there, and his first play back, he completes a third-down conversion."

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has faced a number of injury concerns in his short career, also was hurt in the game. "A guy just fell on me a little bit awkward. I'm moving around on it okay right now. We'll see," Stafford said of his leg injury. But Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported on Sunday afternoon that Stafford was wearing a walking boot and will have an MRI on Monday.

[Len B]

Suh being a prick? Color me surprised.

He's obviously a very good player, but seems to be turning into one of those classless players. Then again, maybe him not giving a fuck is what makes him a great player just like Lawrence Taylor.

Also hoping Stafford's injury isn't serious. Would like to see what he can do for a full year.

[Colonel Angus]

Look at the team crying wolf now when it comes to trash talk and dirty tactics. Now that the shoe is on the other foot the big-mouth Falcons want to cry about dirty play and trash talk. No pity here. If you're gonna dish it you gotta take it too.

[EmpireWF]

Ironic that after Suh and Avril bad mouth Ryan while he's hurt, Stafford gets banged up.

[krulmichael]

Ironic that after Suh and Avril bad mouth Ryan while he's hurt, Stafford gets banged up.

I fully expect Stafford to be playing next Sunday.

[BigBucs]

I fully expect Stafford to be playing next Sunday.

[Derrville]

Gosh damn you Romo and Garrett..

[Tengo Juego]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfwTTgjs-k"]Matt Ryan Gets His Ankle Stepped On (10/23/11) - YouTube[/ame]

Not sure how Avril could have kicked Matt Ryan's foot from that far away. He and Suh looked like they got into a shoving battle with Clabo and Reynolds away from the injury. McClure and Roddy weren't even in the same exact area. But this does cut off, so maybe it happened later.

[j.hen]

Look at the team crying wolf now when it comes to trash talk and dirty tactics. Now that the shoe is on the other foot the big-mouth Falcons want to cry about dirty play and trash talk. No pity here. If you're gonna dish it you gotta take it too.

lol

Matt Ryan still comes back into the game after that gruesome looking injury and wins it.

[krulmichael]

And Stafford's knee is fine, he's day to day. Just like I said last night, he'll play against Jesus himself this Sunday.

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[nesper]

the falcons players comments are rediculous especially the comments about avril who was vindicated by the video. The falcons offensive lineman were flopping around like fish atfer the play all game long even when there were not players around them. it seemed as if every other play a falcons o linemen was diving to the ground when a lions player was within 5 few yards of them. they didnt manage to get any cheap personal fouls out of it so im sure the refs were not fooled by any of it. was pretty amusing to hear them whining about dirty play when i got home from the game.