On Sunday, Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was in a heated exchange with the officials, and the referee’s microphone picked up Suh yelling an F-bomb. On Wednesday, Suh apologized -- not to the ref or to any parents of young children who may have had the game on, but to his mother.
Suh said his mom called him after the game and told him in no uncertain terms that his language was unacceptable.
“I will apologize to my mother. I owe my mother an apology for swearing on TV and in public. So, I’m sorry, mother,” Suh said.
Suh had a reason to be upset about the play in question: Suh wrapped up Tyrod Taylor and held him up, thinking he had stopped Taylor’s progress. But the officials let the play go on, and Taylor was able to escape and throw the ball away. Suh told the officials that if they’re not going to call forward progress, “I’m gonna slam the f--k out of him next time.”
It was an incredibly costly call for the Dolphins: If Taylor’s forward progress had been ruled stopped, the Bills would have faced fourth-and-long and punted on the next play. Instead, the Dolphins accepted a holding penalty on the Bills, giving the Bills one more offensive play, and Taylor threw a touchdown pass to Sammy Watkins on that play.
So Suh had a reason to be upset. Even if his mom would’ve preferred that he express it differently.