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 Suh was penalized for stepping on the left leg of Green Bay
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during the fourth quarter of
Sunday's regular season finale.
With Rodgers in a defenseless posture, Suh backed up and stepped on
the quarterback's leg with his right foot before repeating the move
with his left foot in a display of "unnecessary roughness", the NFL
said in a statement on Monday.
"You did not respond in the manner of someone who had lost his
balance and accidentally contacted another player who was lying on
the ground," Merton Hanks, the NFL's vice president of football
operations, said.
 "This illegal contact, specifically the second step and push off
with your left foot, clearly could have been avoided."
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Suh, who has a long history of player-safety violations, can appeal
the suspension within three business days under the collective
bargaining agreement.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Mark
Lamport-Stokes)
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