Updated with Raiola comment

Late in the third quarter, Dominic Raiola of the Detroit Lions stomped on rookie defensive lineman Ego Ferguson of the Chicago Bears and, somehow, was not ejected for the move.

It seemed to awaken the Bears, who went on to score and began to play with more vigor on defense, but that didn’t lessen the questions about just why the referees didn’t kick out the Lions center for a dirty play and just how the NFL should punish Raiola and the Lions.

Raiola has a bit of a history; he might best be remembered for cursing at the Wisconsin marching band before a game last year. And, of course, Ndamukong Suh had the stomp heard round the world on Thanksgiving 2011 — and he paid for it with a two-game suspension.

It would seem that Raiola would merit that, as well as a substantial fine, but a two-game suspension would cost Raiola and the Lions one playoff game.

What Raiola did is nothing less than a deliberate attempt to injure a player and should be an automatic ejection. — Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) December 21, 2014

Ive always thought Raiola was WAAAAAY dirtier than Suh. #Lions #Bears — Silvy (@WaddleandSilvy) December 21, 2014

Hey NFL. You want people to believe you're all in on player safety? Throw the book at Dominic Raiola. NO room in the game for that crap — trey wingo (@wingoz) December 21, 2014

After the game Raiola said he’d apologized to Ferguson, but said he’d stumbled and didn’t expect to hear from the league. As for stomping…

“There’s no room for that,” he said.