Eagles lineman: Terrell Suggs 'planned' dirty hit on Sam Bradford's knee

Philadelphia Eagles left tackle Jason Peters told NFL Network's Albert Breer he felt that the hit of Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs on Eagles QB Sam Bradford was intentional and dirty.

Bradford, who has suffered season-ending ACL injuries each of the past two seasons, was making his debut with the Eagles Saturday night. He took a shot on a read-option play in which Bradford handed off to Darren Sproles, and Suggs came low at Bradford's surgically repaired knee.

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Suggs was flagged 15 yards for roughing the passer on the play. Not surprisingly, Suggs didn't see any problem with him going after a potential ball career, according to the Baltimore Sun.

Here is the rule as it's written for hitting quarterbacks (context below):

But here's the deal: On a read-option play, a quarterbzack is treated a runner and therefore can be hit, but what was the intent of the hit? Was it low and, therefore, dirty?

Here's one more look at where Bradford was hit by Suggs:

So what say you: Was it a dirty hit by Suggs? Or did the Eagles put Bradford in harm's way?

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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Eric_Edholm