Ndamukong Suh Shows Smarts, Initiative
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By DERON SNYDER
After he was selected with the No. 2 pick in the 2010 NFL draft, Ndamukong Suh didn’t waste time making his mark. Suh — whose full name is pronounced “En-dom-ah-ken Soo” — won multiple Rookie of the Year awards and All-Pro honors and was selected to play in the Pro Bowl.
But he has also gained a reputation for being a “dirty player,” although opinions vary on the label’s accuracy in his case. The issue has grown so fuzzy that Sports Illustrated this year changed the name of its annual poll on the “NFL’s Dirtiest Players” to the “NFL’s Meanest Players,” and Suh came in third. He has been fined three times for rough hits on quarterbacks since last season, and he has been drawn three personal foul penalties in eight games this year.
Suh finally had enough after the Atlanta Falcons accused him of taunting an injured player and the NFL billed Detroit’s next game as “Good vs. Evil,” featuring a picture of Denver’s Tim Tebow and Suh.
