Did Ndamukong Suh intentionally kick Ben Roethlisberger in the leg on Sunday?
The Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday filed a complaint with the NFL asking the league to review the play in which it appears the Miami Dolphins defensive tackle kicked the veteran quarterback, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
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The incident took place in the fourth quarter while Suh was being blocked by Steelers right guard David DeCastro. When Suh shoved closer, he raised his leg and kicked Roethlisberger in the right knee.
"I’m not sure what he was thinking," DeCastro told the Post-Gazette. "You’d have to ask him what he was thinking. I heard Ben saying, ‘He kicked me,’ but I didn’t really see it until we watched the film."
Roethlisberger suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee in the first half of Sunday's loss in Miami but eventually returned in the third quarter to finish the game. He underwent what was described as a "clean-up procedure" on Monday before being ruled out for the team's Week 7 matchup against the New England Patriots on Tuesday and was given a four- to six-week recovery timetable on Wednesday.
Disciplinary action from the league would come as no surprise, as Suh has a history of playing dirty. During his career with the Detroit Lions, he was fined nine times and suspended for stomping on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers during the 2014 season. He was also suspended for stomping on Packers guard Evan Dietrich-Smith in 2011.