Video of Lions Ndamukong Sug getting ejected on Thanksgiving

On this Thanksgiving, most New York Jets fans should be thankful that Ndamukong Suh is not playing for the Jets.

Here’s video of the Detroit Lions defensive tackle stomping on Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith during the third quarter of the Packers win on Thanksgiving day.

For his part, Suh tried to defend his actions.

“What I did was remove myself from the situation the best way that I felt in me being held down in the situation that I was in,” Suh said, via NFL.com. “My intentions were not to kick anybody, as I did not.  [I was] removing myself, as you see, I’m walking away from the situation.  And with that I apologize to my teammates, and my fans and my coaches for putting myself to be in position to be misinterpreted and taken out of the game.”

When asked to describe the incident, Suh said:

“I was on top of a guy being pulled down and trying to get up off the ground, which is why you see me pushing his helmet down,” Suh said.  “As I’m getting up, I’m getting pushed so I’m getting myself unbalanced. . . .  With that a lot of people are going to interpret it as or create their own storylines, . . . but I know what I did, and the man upstairs knows what I did.”

“I understand in this world because of the type of player and type of person I am, all eyes are on me,” Suh said.  “So why would I do something to jeopardize myself, jeopardize my team, first and foremost?  I don’t do bad things.  I have no intentions to hurt someone.  If I want to hurt him, I’m going to hit his quarterback as I did throughout that game.”

“If I see a guy stepping on somebody I feel like they’re going to lean into it and forcefully step on that person or stand over that person,” Suh said.  “I’m going in the opposite direction to where he’s at.”

Here’s the video.  You decide what happened: