First Jared Goff, now Jay Cutler.

Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh took another thinly veiled shot at his former Detroit Lions teammate Matthew Stafford this week when he added Jay Cutler’s name to the list of quarterbacks he’s enjoyed playing with in his career.

In October, Suh wrote in an Instagram post that Goff was “the best QB I’ve ever had.”

And while that seemed natural — Suh and Goff are teammates on the 10-1 Rams, and Goff is in the midst of an MVP-caliber year — he went a step further Wednesday when Los Angeles reporters asked about that post and whether Suh was just talking about Goff or if he was sending a message to other quarterbacks he's played with in his career.

"That's a great quarterback in Jared," Suh said in a video posted on TheRams.com. "I loved him. I’d say another guy that I enjoyed being around was Jay Cutler. 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. I enjoy the quarterbacks I’ve been around, but probably those two the most."

Notably absent from Suh’s list was Stafford.

“Well done,” Stafford said Thursday when told of Suh’s comments. “Classic Suh. Pretty good stuff.”

The Lions’ first-round picks in 2009-10, Stafford and Suh played five seasons together in Detroit and led the team to two playoff appearances.

Stafford, who along with wide receiver Calvin Johnson was considered the face of the franchise during those years, set a Lions record with 5,038 yards passing and 41 touchdowns while leading the Lions to a wildcard appearance in 2011.

Three years later, in Suh's final season in Detroit, Suh had 8.5 sacks and was the best player on one of the league's top defenses.

Stafford and Suh had lockers a few stalls apart for the entirety of their careers in Detroit, but weren't known to hang out together off the field. Asked about their relationship Thursday, Stafford said only, “it was cool.”

“His locker was right over there, so I had a good experience with him,” Stafford said. “He’s a really good player, obviously.”

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Suh, in his first season with the Rams after spending three years with the Miami Dolphins — Cutler, the former Chicago Bears quarterback during Suh’s tenure in Detroit, played only the 2017 season with Suh in Miami — has been an important cog in the Rams’ machine this season.

He has 3.5 sacks in 11 games and downplayed the notion that he’s relishing a chance to finally hit Stafford after years of practicing against the Lions quarterback in a red no-contact jersey.

"He’s just another quarterback that’s in our Rams way of getting where we want to go,” Suh said.

Stafford, likewise, downplayed his reunion with Suh, saying he was “just playing another opponent, really” and that Suh has “been a good player in this league for a long time.”

Suh has a history of roughing up opposing quarterbacks, and sometimes crossing the line while doing so. He was fined $30,000 for kicking Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub on Thanksgiving of 2012, a kick Suh said was inadvertent. He was fined for malicious hits on Cutler, Andy Dalton, Brandon Weeden and Jake Delhomme during his time with the Lions. And in 2014, he was suspended one game — the punishment was rescinded on appeal — for stepping on the leg of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

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Stafford said he’s not worried about Suh crossing the line Sunday.

“No,” Stafford said. “He just plays physical, plays hard, as do all the guys on their defense. They’re a really physical defense. Play extremely hard, so he’s no different than anybody else out there."

Suh, who maintains business ties locally, said he's happy the Rams are flying to Detroit a day early for this weekend's game so he can catch up with old acquaintances.

But asked about his time with the Lions, Suh smiled and said he had nothing to say about the organization.

"I’ll refrain from my comments about the organization," Suh said. "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."

Follow the Detroit Free Press' Dave Birkett on Twitter @davebirkett.

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