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Lions C Raiola stomps Bears’ Ferguson

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CHICAGO — Fiery Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola appeared to intentionally stomp Chicago Bears defensive tackle Ego Ferguson Sunday at Soldier Field.

Raiola, who last month admitted he went at the knee of an opponent seeking payback for the New England Patriots’ scoring a late-game touchdown, stomped Ferguson’s leg in the third quarter. Ferguson limped off the field.

Teammate Ndamukong Suh drew a two-game suspension for stomping Evan Dietrich-Smith, then of the Green Bay Packers, in a Thanksgiving Day game in 2011.

Head coach Jim Caldwell said after the Lions loss at New England that he discussed Raiola’s antics with the 200-game starter.

“He and I talked,” Caldwell said. “We addressed the issue. What we talked about is a private matter, but he knows how we like to do things around here and that’s the end of the story.”

Neither the team nor the NFL fined Raiola for the incident. On the last play of the game, a kneel-down by quarterback Matthew Stafford, Raiola snapped the ball then dove at the knees of Patriots defensive tackle Zach Moore. The cheap shot did not draw a penalty because Moore wasn’t engaged with another blocker.

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Buccaneers admit mistake, boot Aguayo

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Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

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Did Bucs put too much pressure on Aguayo?

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Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

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Broncos holding their breath on Derek Wolfe

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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]

Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

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