James Harrison -- a.k.a the Honey Badger of the NFL -- had a pretty succinct initial reaction to his suspension earlier today via Twitter:

The man doesn't mince words. At least it's believed that was his reaction to his suspension. He may simply have finally gotten around to watching last week's Parks & Recreation on DVR. That Amy Poehler is such a charmer.

Harrison later thanked his supporters via the same 140-character medium.

Regarding the incident, Jamison Hensley of ESPN says Harrison has only himself to blame and Doug Farrar of Yahoo!'s Shutdown Corner blog says Harrison is getting what he deserves. They both make a lot of good points. Even The Bus himself, Jerome Bettis, thinks Harrison will 'absolutely' find more trouble this season because apparently he's like the protagonist in "Freebird" -- Lord help him, he can't cha-a-a-a-a-a-a-ange ...

This isn't to pick on Harrison. He plays the game with enviable passion and ferocity, his personal success story is admirable and he's this guy too. Its somewhat conceivable to compare Harrison -- in this specific case, anyway -- to a parolee getting jammed up over his priors. That's not to minimize the hit on Colt McCoy, which was as nasty as they come. The Cleveland training staff should be 'canned for clearing McCoy to go back into the game.

Of the numerous Harrison hits that have aroused ire in the NFL's Park Ave. offices, this was the least egregious -- vicious as it was. McCoy tucked the ball and was running for a first down but alertly flicked it away at the last second when he saw Harrison bearing down like a force of nature. It was close to a bang-bang play. Harrison lead with his head. He was appropriately flagged. It was a penalty. His own coach said as much during today. In fairness to Harrison, he has made effort to rein in his "style" since last season. This was his first personal foul in a span of 16-games (including the postseason).

This, however, was an obvious regression and one that he absolutely cannot make. Not with his reputation and unrepentant, strident attitude. Not during the stretch run of the season. Next time it will be worse.

A thoughtful piece from the Christian Science Monitor asks if Harrison is a throwback or a relic to an older age of football (as in prior to 2010); another thoughtful piece on Niners Nation discusses the appeal of rooting for the bad guy (Harrison); the Browns blog 'Dawgs By Nature' is predictably less charitable.

But hey, at least this year the NFL isn't making a profit selling pictures of Harrison's illegal hits.

Instead, you can get a high-res picture of Colt McCoy looking more shell-shocked than the kid in the Metallica "One" video. I mean somebody has to make money off of the start of his brain degeneration. Not to be cynical.

Order by 12/18 to have this actual item under the tree in time for Christmas (really).

Anyway, back to that intial reaction. If Harrison was "Lol!!!"-ing over the suspension, it's doubtful that it was a literal. His suspension makes his team weaker and less likely to defeat an excellent San Francisco 49ers outfit on the road on Monday Night Football. Probably nothing funny about that to a guy like Harrison.

Rather, you'd have to imagine it was an ironic "Lol!!!" -- or perhaps he really meant: 'Wtf???'

Anyway, Harrison's "Lol!!!" inspired a little fun with the LOLcats site:

Derp ... wrong Deebo.

Anyway, I'd love to see Larry David have this exchange with James Harrison re: his LOL: