Scary Mallett
Former Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback Ryan Mallett is a big dude, someone you wouldn’t want to start a fight with at 6-6, 245 pounds.
The Baltimore Ravens current quarterback is apparently so intimidating, even Miami Dolphins notoriously nasty defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh apparently feared for his life when face to face with Mallett.
Suh, 6-4, 307, felt so threatened when Mallett confronted him during Thursday night’s 40-0 Ravens’ victory that he grabbed him by the throat.
That’s what Suh said anyway. In the fourth quarter, Suh went offsides and hit Mallett just because, well, he’s Suh. When Mallett got angry and stepped to Suh — Mallett had his hands at his sides — Suh figured it was fine to reach for Mallett’s throat and push him away.
“He came at me,” Suh told the
Palm Beach Post. “Tried to attack me. And I’m protecting myself. Regret what? No, I’m never going to regret protecting myself.”
It would be easier to buy that tale if Suh didn’t have a long history of cheap shots, but that’s Suh’s story and he’s sticking to it.
That exchange was lost in the shuffle after Kiko Alonso’s brutal hit on Baltimore starting quarterback Joe Flacco earlier in the game. Suh said he had no problem with Alonso launching himself at Flacco’s head as the quarterback was initiating his slide.
“I didn’t see it, but I know Kiko’s not a dirty player,” Suh said.
No matter how the Dolphins try to pass off their various dirty actions — let’s not forget Dolphins defensive end William Hayes poking Ravens offensive tackle Austin Howard in the eye — the NFL is going to look into it. Maybe the league will decide Suh’s feat was self-inflicted.