His suspension was reversed.
Before anyone starts yelling about it - take the time to watch the WIDE ANGLE shot. TV basically focused purely on his legs - but if you watch the wide angle shot you can see that Suh was off balance, continued to be when his first step partially stepped on Rogers, causing him to take another step back to retain his balance. He didn't even look down to see who it was (it could have been a teammate) until he stepped forward.
Also - there was no grinding of the foot, no sideways motion or anything that would indicate he wanted and intended to cause harm.
Yes - he has a bad reputation - but if you look at the whole picture and not just the zoomed in portion, it is a different picture entirely. Yes - he could have stopped and said "sorry" or whatever, or helped Rogers up to show remorse, but bad sportsmanship isn't a reason to suspend a player.
And I don't even like the guy. Personally - I would have preferred to see him ejected from the league years ago after the goal line stomp.
One last note - while I disagree with it - the rules the NFL has to operate under (per their union agreement) meant that Suh was regarded as a "first time offender" and as such - the fine was the proper punishment.
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