Browns quarterback Seneca Wallace thinks Ndamukong Suh's foul against Jake Delhomme Saturday night was flagrant enough to warrant a suspension by the NFL office.
Detroit's Ndamukong Suh may hear from the NFL after grabbing Jake Delhomme by the face mask, twisting his neck and then flinging him to the ground headfirst.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Browns quarterback Seneca Wallace thinks Lions rookie Ndamukong Suh twisting quarterback Jake Delhomme's head and then whipping him to the ground headfirst Saturday night in Detroit was flagrant enough to warrant a suspension by the NFL office.
Browns coach Eric Mangini said the Browns will ask the NFL to look into the incident, but that he imagines they'd do so even without an inquiry.
"He already face masked him, then he grabs him by the neck, twists it and throws him down,'' said Wallace. "To me, that's something you can get suspended for, I think.''
Wallace said the move was "a little over the top as far as a personal foul goes. I understand the face mask part. But he horse-collared him and threw him down. We laughed about it, but that stuff can get people really hurt.''
With about nine minutes left in the second quarter of Detroit's 35-27 victory, Suh grabbed Delhomme by the face mask, yanked on it, then grabbed his head and twisted it before flinging him to the ground. Suh received a 15-yard face mask penalty for the infraction.
Mangini said he anticipates the NFL will review it.
"We will [send in the tape] but I have to imagine that whether we did or not, I'm sure they'll look at it closely,'' he said.
Mangini went on to say that he liked Suh, the No. 2 overall pick, when he interviewed him and worked him out during the predraft process.
"When I met the kid, he was a good kid,'' said Mangini. "I don't think he's a malicious guy from what I know about him. Just a poor decision.''
Should he have been thrown out of the game?
"He put the quarterback at risk, but I'm not the official,'' Mangini said. "You don't want to see that at any point, but my experience with him in the draft process is that he's a good kid.''
Delhomme said Sunday that the officials handled it during the game and that it was up to the league. "I'm just glad we got the first down,'' he said with a smile.
Delhomme went on to throw a TD pass two plays later.