Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh will miss Sunday's NFL playoff game at Dallas after copping a one-game ban for stepping on the leg of Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers.
Suh's history might have played a role in the league's decision to ban him for his actions in last Sunday's loss to the Packers.
He served a two-game ban in 2011 for stepping on the arm of a Green Bay blocker and has been fined five different times for his actions against opposing quarterbacks.
Suh backed into Rodgers after a fourth-quarter throw, knocking the Packers' quarterback to the ground.
With his back to the sprawled star, Suh stepped back with his cleated right shoe onto Rodgers' leg.
Without any reaction to not feeling turf under his foot, Suh then stepped back with his left foot onto the injured calf area above the ankle of Rodgers' leg, which was so sore in the second quarter that he had to be helped off the field.
"There's no place for that," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said of the move.
Suh, set to become a free agent after the end of the Lions' season, will appeal the suspension and is expected to have an answer by Tuesday.
