Live from Baltimore: Suggs talks about ‘bounty’ and preparing for Raiders
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Ravens disseminated a press released this morning in regards to the controversy involving linebacker Terrell Suggs, and the alleged bounty on Steelers rookie running back Rashard Mendenhall.
Suggs asked the team to issue this statement:
“I’ve got to set the record straight about what I said about so-called bounties. I tried to explain this on Wednesday, but it keeps coming back up.
“We, the players, don’t pay each other to take another player out of the game. And you know coaches don’t do that. As I said before, we prepare to stop the other team’s best players every week. Those are the players who can beat you with big plays. For example, we’ve focused all this week on stopping the Raiders’ running backs. We’ve focused on them in practice and in meetings. They are marked men by our defense – we have to know where they are on every play, and we can’t let them get rolling on Sunday.”
The release ended, “I hope that clears this up.”
