Ravens' Harbaugh: Some Eagles crossed line by calling Suggs dirty

The fallout from Terrell Suggs' low hit on Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford on Saturday night took another turn Monday when Ravens coach John Harbaugh intervened on behalf of his linebacker.

Harbaugh was not at all happy that some Eagles players, including Bradford and offensive tackle Jason Peters, said that Suggs' hit had less than honest intentions.

"As I read most of the Eagles' quotes, I thought they understood the play," Harbaugh said via the team's official website. "One or two of them didn’t understand the play. When you start popping off about somebody’s character, you’ve crossed the line. That’s not really something that we respect. But most of those guys understood the play and understood that [No.] 55 was playing hard and trying to get it stopped."

While the league's vice president of officiating Dean Blandino said earlier Monday that the play was legal since Bradford became a runner because it was a read-option play, Eagles head coach Chip Kelly disputed that claim.

"It was just a handoff," Kelly said. "Not every shotgun run is a zone-read play. We didn't run any zone-reads. We don't run as much zone-read as everyone thinks we do. I thought the interpretation on the field was correct."

Considering that Bradford is coming off a second torn ACL, it's hard to believe that Kelly would want his new quarterback running the ball in any way. Suggs was flagged for roughing the passer on the play, an incorrect call according to Blandino. 

"Sam wasn’t going anywhere," Kelly added. "The only people we’ve run zone-read with this offseason has been Timmy (Tebow)."

(h/t: Baltimore Ravens)