so do you agree with shannon sharpe and boomer esiason? >> i think everybody just needs to relax, especially shannon sharpe and boomer esiason. it was just a natural reaction. you see suh's body, he's falling towards the ground and his foot kicks out just like that. not like last year where he deliberately kind of is pushing a guy's head down. this is a little bit different. this wasn't as bad as people are making it out to be. suh is not a dirty player. it's just unfortunate what happened. >> oh, come on. how could -- i'm a lions fan and i think he he's a great player, but he has been voted time and time again as the dirtiest player by nfl players. >> and i think that's what this is. i think it's more of his reputation of keeping him in trouble. if this was anybody else, i guarantee you this would not be in the news. if it's the dirtiest player voted by the league then it's going to make "headline news." it's not as bad as people are making it out to be. >> nfl is going to look into it, isn't it? >> they are and honestly i don't think suh

. >> reporter: former nfl quarterback, boomer esiason, is an analyst for nfl today. league is paid nearly $5 million a year to broadcast football and will tell you it's worth every cent. >> for all of us as americans sundays basically in the fall are all about football. >> reporter: i'm not going to be sitting here with you in ten years and say what happened? how did basketball get to be the most important sport in our culture? >> the only one way i would see that would happen. that is if the moms of this world decided to say my little boy can't play football. >> reporter: esiason is talking about head injuries, an issue that has exploded as thousandses of former players filed suit against the league claiming that they hid information that head injuries lead to permanent brain damage. three quarterbacks suffered concussions. >> somewhere between 30 and 60 head-to-head collisions. that's just the way it is. that's why the helmets are important. that's why teaching how to tackle, how to run with the ball is important. not only at the nfl level but all the way down to t