As Baltimore cornerback Chris Carr returned the interception, Quinn dived low at linebacker Terrell Suggs. Quinn was flagged for a 15-yard penalty, and Suggs was taken to the locker room.
After the game, linebacker Ray Lewis was unhappy with Quinn’s hit.
“Heck yeah it was a cheap shot,” Lewis told The Associated Press after the Ravens won 16-0. “When you’re running down and you’re looking at the quarterback going at somebody’s knees who doesn’t even have the ball. I want to see if he gets the same fine I got or even higher. Now this man is out four or five weeks because of some baloney like that.”
Lewis was fined $25,000 for hitting Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco in the head earlier in the season.
The Ravens have not said how much time Suggs is expected to miss, though he is scheduled for an MRI on Tuesday.
“That’s an illegal blow,” Lewis said. “I don’t care how you want to look at it.”
Quinn defended his hit, saying he was trying to tackle the ball carrier. Carr was running just behind Suggs (video here, at 1:12 mark).
“I was trying to go for the ball carrier,” Quinn told the AP. “Suggs came across at the last second in my vision. I would never wish that upon anyone. I was upset about it on the field. We worked out in Arizona together. I couldn’t be any more sorry about that. That was never the intent. I’m sorry to Terrell and the rest of their team.”
Suggs was penalized after diving at the knee of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in Week 4.
