Lions' Dominic Raiola stomps on opponent's ankle

No way around it: This was a dirty play.

Lions center Dominic Raiola finished up a play in Sunday's Bears-Lions game by stomping on the outstretched ankle of Chicago defensive tackle Ego Ferguson. No doubt about it. He saw the ankle and stomped down hard.

Raiola told reporters after the game that the stomp wasn't intentional and that he apologized to Ferguson after the game.

"It was totally unintentional," Raiola said via ESPN. "I remember I was stumbling out. I didn't see the end of it. I apologized at the end of the game, told him it was unintentional and we shook hands and that was it."

Ferguson saw things differently and would not elaborate on what Raiola said to him.

"None of that matters," Ferguson said. "We all saw the play. You can't take back what happened with that play. That's the end of that."

This isn't the first time this season Raiola has stirred up trouble. Earlier this year, he charged at the knees of several New England Patriots defenders on a victory-formation play. This was much, much worse and Fox's referee expert Mike Pereira said Raiola can expect to hear from the league very soon.

Raiola got hit with a $10,000 fine for the New England incident. Expect the NFL to come down a lot harder this time around, even if one Detroit beat writer says he believes Raiola's story.

"There's no need for it," Bears lineman Jared Allen said to reporters. "That's our guy's careers here. You can break someone's ankles."

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