Terrell Suggs Really Didn't Mean to Say 'Bounty'; Apparently, He 'Misspoke'

A shocking revelation from today's Baltimore Sun: Terrell Suggs isn't very smart. During a radio appearance two weeks ago, the Ravens linebacker admitted that his team put a bounty on Steelers Rashard Mendenhall and Hines Ward. One problem: bounties are illegal in the NFL. In fact, they're almost as bad as end zone celebrations.

Suggs, in all his wisdom, tried to clarify his remarks on Wednesday:

"I did repeat the word 'bounty' early in the [radio] interview after the guy asking me the question used the word. That was a mistake ... I misspoke, and I'm sorry for that. I hope that clears this up..."

Suggs added, "Yeah, I meant to say 'maim', so, yeah, I'm sorry for that."*

Ray Anderson, Vice Admiral in the NFL Gestapo, has since warned Suggs that any more talk of bounties will result in "significant disciplinary action." I guess Suggs' admission to the existence of bounties, seconded by former head coach Brian Billick, didn't provide the NFL with enough evidence to take "significant disciplinary action."

Still don't believe Suggs? Well in his half-assed, team-issued mea culpa, he offered a detailed example to illustrate his point:

"We, the players, don't pay each other to take another player out of the game," Suggs said. "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."

For example? Um, yeah, I'm skeptical those words came out of Suggs' mouth. If, instead, Suggs had said, "For example, I'm a lying sack...", then I'd be more inclined to believe him.

Either way, no more bounties! Now the NFL can go back to arbitrarily fining Hines Ward.

* fabrication