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Terrell Suggs trolls Eagles after hitting Sam Bradford low

By Josh Hill

Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs (55) argues his penalty with referee Jerome Boger (23) during the first quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs (55) argues his penalty with referee Jerome Boger (23) during the first quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Terrell Suggs is being accused of putting a dirty hit on Sam Bradford, something he’s trolling Chip Kelly and the Eagles over. 

The NFL preseason is a time of year when players are getting back into the flow of things before the real games start, and things start to intensify like they haven’t all offseason long. Sometimes this means players lay out hits that are on a regular season level despite the fact that the games being played in August are half-speed at best.

Baltimore Ravens defensive stud Terrell Suggs is at the heart of the latest preseason hit controversy, after laying out Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford on Saturday night. The hit is being deemed dirty by some pundits as it appears as though Suggs targets Bradford’s knees — an area of his body which has wiped out two seasons for the quarterback.

After the game, Suggs trolled Chip Kelly and the Eagles saying they put Bradford in a situation where he could get hurt.

"“If you want to run the read-option with your starting quarterback that has had two knee surgeries, that’s on you. That’s not my responsibility to update you on the rules. I could’ve hit him harder on that. I didn’t. I eased up.”"

The debate over whether the hit was dirty or not is still raging the day after it happened. Many believe that because it was a preseason game, Suggs should have eased up — something he claims he did. Then again, this debate would be happening whether this hit occurred in August or December, and Suggs can’t be blamed for making a play regardless of the time of year.

Still, the hit looked like it could have been higher and the Ravens aren’t a team that is going to garner a lot of sympathy when it comes to defending them as being saints. Nevertheless, this is going to generate a debate that might carry into the regular season as more and more penalties are called to protect offensive players at the expense of quality. defense.

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