Likely the most the talked about on-field moment of the week came when Lions center Dominic Raiola stomped on the ankle of Bears defensive tackle Ego Ferguson while walking away from a dead play. Raiola claims it was an accident—”It was totally unintentional” he said after the game—but the video was convincing enough to earn him a single game suspension. The unpaid suspension puts Raiola out of Detroit’s final regular season game, but since they’ve already earned a playoff spot, it’s not very severe in the end.
In the same game, another Lions player stirred a separate bit of controversy with a concussion-producing helmet-to-helmet hit on Bears quarterback Jimmy Clausen. Ziggy Ansah was responsible for the blow, and this afternoon the Bears announced that Jay Cutler will start instead of the now-concussed Clausen in their last game of the season against the Vikings.
NFL Week 16: Highlights & Big Hits was originally published on theurbandaily.com
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