ALLEN PARK -- Charges of dirty play are nothing new for Ndamukong Suh. But now they're coming from inside the very locker room he once called home.

Lions running back LeGarrette Blount said years ago that Suh was a dirty player, had always been a dirty player, and would always be dirty player. Asked on Thursday whether he still believed that to be true, Blount didn't even hesitate.

"I do," he said.

Suh's heard this before, of course. In five seasons with Detroit, he was fined eight times for player safety violations, and nine times overall. He also was suspended two games. Total it all up, and he incurred $420,669 worth of run-ins with the league.

Most famously, he was suspended two games for stomping on Packers linebacker Evan Dietrich-Smith during the Thanksgiving game in 2011. He also kicked Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the groin in 2012, stepped on Aaron Rodgers in 2014 and drew a record $100,000 fine for a low block of Minnesota's John Sullivan in 2013.

Suh eventually made his way to Miami in 2015, and a year later is when Blount -- then playing for the Patriots -- sounded off on the defensive tackle.

"He's a dirty player," Blount said after a 2016 game. "He's always been a dirty player. He's gonna always be dirty player. There's no room in the game for that. At some point in time, guys have to defend themselves when (he's) doing the things that he does. Hopefully, there's something to be said about it.

"But all in all, he got his ass beat. They lost. He went in the locker after the game. We good."

Blount declined to specify what exactly prompted that quote, but made it clear he still feels the same way heading into Sunday's game against Suh and the Los Angeles Rams.

"Doesn't really matter now," Blount said.

There's no love lost there, apparently, and the same could be said of Suh toward the Lions.

"I'll refrain from my comments about the organization," Suh said this week. "Like I said, the city is an amazing city, great people there. I look forward to seeing a bunch of people. I'm glad we're going in on a Friday so I have some time to catch up with folks, but refrain from the organization to say the least."

Suh also seems to have some kind of beef with Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who used to occupy a locker just a few stalls from his own in the far corner of the locker room.

He said in a recent Instagram post that Jared Goff is the best quarterback he's played with, then added this week that he also prefers Jay Cutler to Stafford.

"Obviously, playing against him many years in the black and blue division up there in Detroit, being able to get to know him down in Miami, he's a great dude," Suh said. "I enjoy the quarterbacks I've been around, but probably those two the most."

For those scoring at home: Stafford played four full seasons with Suh. He averaged 4,728 yards for 28 touchdowns, 16 interceptions and a passer rating of 86.6 in those years. And in 2011, he became one of just five men ever to pass for 5,000 yards.

Cutler, on the other hand, played just one season with Suh. His numbers that year: 2,666 yards, 19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. His passer rating was 80.8.

Clearly, Suh had better seasons with Stafford than with Cutler. Yet he couldn't even manage to say Stafford's name, not even this week, as he gets ready to face Stafford and the Lions at Ford Field.

Stafford's response?

"Well done," he said, smirking. "Classic Suh. Pretty good stuff."

Suh, who has 3.5 sacks, hasn't been as good this year as he was in Detroit. But he also has Aaron Donald playing alongside him on the interior of the Rams' defensive front, and Donald has been a monster. He has multiple sacks in four of his last five games, leaving him with 14.5 for the season. That not only leads the NFL, but more than doubles up any other defensive tackle in the game.

He also leads all players at the position in QB pressures (48) and forced fumbles (three). He beats his block within 2.5 seconds on 43 percent of his pass rushes, according to NextGenStats.NFL.com, the best rate of any player this season.

"Really all their guys up front are really good pass rushers, really good defensive linemen," Stafford said. "So you have to kind of pick and choose who you're going to help. It's not easy, they have a bunch of good players. But (Suh's) been good for them, for sure. Obviously, he's a veteran guy and has played a lot of football and is still strong and powerful."

A list of Ndamukong Suh fines while in Detroit:

2010

Preseason: $7,500 for facemasking Cleveland QB Jake Delhomme

Week 9: $5,000 for using opponent as leverage on Jets field-goal attempt

Week 13: $15,000 for unnecessary roughness against Bears QB Jay Cutler



2011

Week 2: $20,000 for roughing the passer against Bengals QB Andy Dalton

Week 12: Lost $165,294 while sitting two games for stomping on Packers OL Evan Dietrich-Smith



2012

Week 12: $30,000 for kicking Texans QB Matt Schaub in groin



2013

Week 1: Record $100,000 for low block on Vikings C John Sullivan

Week 12: $7,875 for throat slash gesture against Buccaneers



2014

Week 17: $70,000 for stepping on Packers QB Aaron Rodgers