BEREA, Ohio -- Linebacker Jabaal Sheard admitted Friday that he's not a fan of Lions defensive tackle Ndamulong Suh's notoriously dirty play.

"I just watch the highlights y'all put on ESPN with him hurting somebody,'' said Sheard, who will be on the opposite sideline from Suh Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium. "It's crazy. It's the league, so guys play hard. I respect how hard he plays, but I'm not a dirty player, so I don't care for it. There are offensive linemen that play like that. There are a few guys that play that way. I don't know, man, I don't respect it. I don't like it. He's a great player, he's a dominant player. I don't think he needs to do all the dirty stuff.''

Browns center Alex Mack, who will try to keep Suh from plowing up the middle, refused to give him any more reason to try to drill Brandon Weeden.

"I'm not going to answer that,'' said Mack, when asked if the former No. 2 overall pick out of Nebraska is dirty.

But left tackle Joe Thomas, who will also have to contend with the roving Suh at times, was more in the Sheard camp.

"I don't care for all of the extracurriculars and personal fouls,'' Thomas said.

On Friday, Suh's league-record $100,000 fine for his illegal hit to Vikings' center John Sullivan's knee in the opener Sept. 8 was upheld on appeal, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen. Overall, Suh has been fined five times, suspended once for the infamous "Suh stomp'' on Thanksgiving Day 2011 and docked a total of $342,000 including missed game checks.

But Suh, who introduced himself to Browns fans as a rookie in 2010 by picking up quarterback Jake Delhomme and tossing him down like a rag doll to earn his first NFL fine, hasn't learned anything from his consequences.

"I’m never going to change,'' he said on a conference call this week with Browns media. "I don’t know how many times I’ll have to say it. I’m going to continue to play blue collar football and find ways to help my team be successful from the defensive line standpoint and be dominant to where offenses have to recognize me and respect me and have to look out for me every single game. If I do that, I think that I’m on the right path to being what I want to be at the end of my career, which is somebody who played a great game of football and had a great career.''

Is he really the mean son of a gun he appeared to be on Thanksgiving Day in 2011 when he drove lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith’s helmet into the ground and then stomped on him while you were eating pumpkin pie at Aunt Bea's? Or when he kicked Matt Schaub in the groin to earn a $30,000 fine. If not, who is he?

"Well first, I’m Ndamukong Suh,'' he said. "As a young player, you learn how to play the game and you continue each year after that to try and find ways to get better and grow and find ways to be more successful and help your team win games.

"I think people may have their opinions and people have their agendas and that’s what they plan on doing. People who have voices can make those things happen. It’s not my business, it’s not really my place and I really don’t like to waste my energy to worry about what people think of me. I think the most important thing is how my teammates respond to me and how they appreciate me, things of that sort. Other than that, I’m not really concerned with the outside world.''

Lions coach Jim Schwartz couldn't be happier with his two-time Pro Bowler, who's second among NFL interior linemen with 24 sacks since 2010.

"He’s been outstanding,” Schwartz said. “He’s made an impact in every single game. He’s good against the run and the pass.

“It goes beyond his stats. He’s also set up a lot of other players to make big plays. He caused some interceptions, he’s taken up some double teams that led to sacks from other people. When our defensive line plays well, we play well as a defense. He’s obviously a big part of that.”

Is Suh targeted by officials now?

"I think people have their agendas. Whether that’s a ref, NFL, coaches, whatever it may be, people have their own perception,'' he said. "There’s human nature in everything, from a referee calling, people making mistakes, whatever it may be. I can’t really speak to that. Those are some things you’re gonna have to ask the NFL referees and the league office if that’s what they do.''

Browns defensive tackle Phil Taylor, who has a nasty streak of his own, likes Suh's rip-snortin' style -- when he doesn't cross the line.

"Some of his plays are questionable, but I like his attitude and the way he plays,'' Taylor said. "I watch him and he's a good athlete, so I wouldn't tell him to change anything. You're supposed to have a little nastiness in you. It's good because you need somebody on the team like that. You don't need the whole team like that but you need a few guys that have that nasty streak when you need it. ''

But when it comes to things like the "Suh stomp'' and injuring Sullivan's knee, that's where the Taylor draws the line.

"Stuff like that --being stupid and being nasty are two different things,'' said Taylor.

Browns right guard Shawn Lauvao, who will catch the bulk of Suh along with right tackle Mitchell Schwartz, admires Suh, warts and all.

"I like that (nasty streak),'' said Lauvao, who returned last week after missing the first four weeks with a scoped ankle. "I think that's one thing that's lacking in the NFL. There's not too many guys who have some juice to themselves. It's a good thing.''

He acknowledged the challenge it will be to hold off Suh, who strip-sacked Jay Cutler two games ago and has two sacks on the season.

"I think he's a tremendous football player, very talented, very instinctive,'' said Lauvao. "All of the qualities you want in a good d-lineman.''

Last season, quarterback Jason Campbell entered a game for the Bears after Suh knocked Cutler out of the game briefly on a sack.

"He picked him up and kind of slammed him down,'' said Campbell. "He's a rough guy. Some things are uncalled for, they're unnecessary, and some things happen in the heat of battle. The only thing you can do is stay within your game.''