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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Washington Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather was suspended the first two games of the regular season after&amp;nbsp;putting an illegal hit on Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith on Saturday, but Smith said he doesn't think the punishment is warranted.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"No need I'm straight buttt since it was illegal he can donate to my foundation haha,\" Smith tweeted in response to the announcement of the suspension.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brandon Meriweather suspension irks Brian Orakpo&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Smith went on to further explain his position:\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The wide receiver said he talked to Meriweather&amp;nbsp;about the hit and Smith understands \"it's football.\" However, he admitted he might feel differently if he he had been injured on the play.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NFL: Who are the 10 best pass rushers?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meriweather can appeal the two-game ban. He was also suspended two games last season for two illegal hits. Saturday's incident was his&amp;nbsp;sixth player safety violation.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is the hit in question, courtesy of Dan Steinberg of the &lt;em&gt;Washington Post:&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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