Ravens fume at Suggs loss

Quinn: Tackle controversy

I understand what Brady Quinn is saying after the fact, but you go dive at a man's knee that doesn't even have the football.

Ray Lewis
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Brady Quinn's chop block tackle on Terrell Suggs continues to cause arguments between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens - who will now miss the linebacker for Sunday's showdown with the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts.

Browns quarterback Quinn received an unspecified fine from the NFL for his low hit on Suggs, which forced the linebacker out of Sunday's win by the Ravens and could sideline him for three weeks.

Quinn insists he did not try to hit Suggs low, saying he was trying to tackle the man with the ball when Suggs came across his path, and he says the incident has left him shaken.

"I'm not going to lie to you," Quinn said. "Definitely, seeing someone who I've known off the field happen like that to him, yeah, it affects you. I'm never out there to do that. It's tough to shake off, probably more than anything else in that game.

"I wasn't trying to go for him. I was trying to go for the ball carrier. Unfortunately, a thing like that can happen."

Lewis blast

Baltimore's defensive leader Ray Lewis does not accept Quinn's version of events though, and is still upset at the QB's low hit on his team's best pass rusher.

"Go back and look at it 15 times the way I have," Lewis fumed. "I understand what Brady Quinn is saying after the fact, but you go dive at a man's knee that doesn't even have the football.

"You get penalised so much as a defensive player for going in and just doing your job, and then you see a person not doing his job and goes and spears a man in his knee.

"Now the man is out. It's not good football. It's not good when people do things like that and then apologize as if, 'Oh, OK, I didn't mean to do it.' That's whatever."

Pro Bowler Suggs will definitely be missing Sunday's visit of the red-hot Colts, with rookie Paul Kruger coming in to face Peyton Manning and his 9-0 side.

"I'm excited to get on the field," Kruger told the team's website. "Suggs is a great player and stepping into a role like that is a tough deal.

"We're going to miss him a lot. I want to get to work in practice and get in the film room to do my best to help my team as much as possible."