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08:05 AM ET 06.06 | Perhaps the most important offseason injury in Baltimore could have been avoided. Despite continuing to say he tore his right Achilles tendon during conditioning drills, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs injured his right lower leg playing basketball on Sunday, April 29, according to staff members who attended a three-day basketball tournament in which Suggs played that weekend. "He got hurt Sunday prior to the [basketball tournament] championship game," said Herman (Sonny) Hoffman, the director of the Akchin Gymnasium in Maricopa, Ariz., where the tournament was held. Asked if he believed that was when Suggs injured his Achilles, Hoffman said: "More than likely it was."

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June 6, 2012 08:10 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:08 AM ET 06.06 by Commerce Comet

Man..............That SUGGS................

Yeah, it's absolute Terrel-ble.

Mornin', Mick.

Debbie Does

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June 6, 2012 08:11 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:09 AM ET 06.06 by Hell-A-Waits!!

uh oh...isn't he like 50?

52, according to his jersey.

Debbie Does

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June 6, 2012 08:16 AM ET

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He usually spends more time in the Steelers backfield than Mendenhall, I won't miss him this year....

Mangler.

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June 6, 2012 08:18 AM ET

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The way he flaps his lips I'm surprised he didn't injure those too!

TxHeat

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June 6, 2012 08:20 AM ET

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Does it matter? Ravens will still pay him full and he will be in the sideline mentoring the players.

Illegal Mexicans

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June 6, 2012 08:24 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:20 AM ET 06.06 by Illegal Mexicans

Does it matter? Ravens will still pay him full and he will be in the sideline mentoring the players.

Maybe Suggs will stop trying to convince everyone he was hurt during "conditioning drills".

Melman

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June 6, 2012 08:26 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:24 AM ET 06.06 by Melman

Maybe Suggs will stop trying to convince everyone he was hurt during "conditioning drills".

This isn't the first time ESPN reported a false claim.

Illegal Mexicans

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June 6, 2012 08:30 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:20 AM ET 06.06 by Illegal Mexicans

Does it matter? Ravens will still pay him full and he will be in the sideline mentoring the players.

Clobbering is more important than mentoring.

Debbie Does

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June 6, 2012 08:30 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:20 AM ET 06.06 by Illegal Mexicans

Does it matter? Ravens will still pay him full and he will be in the sideline mentoring the players.

That's the thing... If he hurt himself "playing basketball", they may not have to pay him.

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June 6, 2012 08:41 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:30 AM ET 06.06 by Robataille

That's the thing... If he hurt himself "playing basketball", they may not have to pay him.

That's probably the issue at hand.

THE BISHOP!

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June 6, 2012 08:42 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:15 AM ET 06.06 by Hell-A-Waits!!

thats old for football

You want to be the one who tells him?

Mr Steeler

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June 6, 2012 08:43 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:30 AM ET 06.06 by Robataille

That's the thing... If he hurt himself "playing basketball", they may not have to pay him.

They don't want him ticked off and demanding a trade, though. I bet they pay him anyway. He's only 29, in the middle of a 6-year contract. Lots of gas left in that tank.