Saints LB Jonathon Vilma had a lot to say regarding Quinn's hit to Ravens LB Terrell Suggs on Monday night. Before Suggs took a shot from Quinn, Vilma experienced his own low blow from Mark Sanchez in Week 4. He was upset about Quinn's shot on Suggs and sounded off about it on his PlayMaker Mobile page last night:

"What bothers me about this play is, for one, Brady Quinn is not a rookie—he's a third year guy. Two, he knows right and wrong, he knows fair and foul play. And three, as much emphasis as there is put on protecting quarterbacks, quarterbacks need to understand they need to do the same thing. There is a reason defensive players can't go low on quarterbacks. Look at Tom Brady. Look what happened to him. So why would you reciprocate and do the same thing if you're the QB? That's what really bothers me.

"It's not like Mark Sanchez where it was his fourth game starting and he was a little bewildered and he was just out there. Brady Quinn has been around and he understands right from wrong. He understands fair and foul play. That bothers me. Yeah, Brady Quinn gets fined but that fine isn't going to help the Ravens, it's not gonna help Terrell Suggs get back any quicker, and now they've got to play Peyton Manning this weekend.

"Not having Suggs impacts them in so many different ways. Now do they not only miss one of their best pass rushers but they miss one of their best players on defense, period. The guy can stop the run and the pass and you need that against a guy like Peyton Manning, where everyone says "don't blitz Peyton," but you need someone to rush the passer and that was their guy. That's what's especially frustrating. To see that happen, the way it happened, being on the defensive side it really bothers. We have to be really conscious about where and how and how hard we hit a quarterback, and now QBs are just going after defensive players because they're afraid of being blocked, they're afraid of being hit, and that's just not right."

I feel Vilma on this 100%. I've looked at this hit over and over again and it was unnecessary and dirty. While there are tons of rules on protection against QBs, defenders don't have the same treatment. Prime example, Quinn was only fined $10,000 for his hit on Suggs. While Ray Lewis was fined $25,000 for hitting unnecessary roughness against Chad Ochocinco, who immediately got up and was unharmed during the play. Quinn has apologized, but I hope he's not looking for an acceptance anytime soon, as I doubt Suggs is eager to give him a pass.

Something needs to be done about this. What are your thoughts regarding this incident?? In case you haven't seen it: