Following Detroit's loss to Green Bay at the weekend, Lions player Ndamukung Suh received a one-game suspension for standing on the ankle of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The suspension would mean Suh, a key part of the Lions defence, missing their playoff game against Dallas this weekend.
Suh appealed the decision and was successful in have the ban lifted but was instead fined $70,000.
His excuse for standing on Rodger's ankle is pretty amusing. A source told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Suh said he was unable to tell the difference between the quarterback's leg and the ground as his feet were numb from the cold.
During appeal, Ndamukong Suh said his feet were numb from cold and he couldn't tell difference between Aaron Rodgers' feet and the ground.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 31, 2014
Comical as it might be, it did work.
Here's the incident.
This was the reaction on one American sports radio show.
