Von Miller seems to get it. He's an above-average defensive player. If he can understand and appreciate the need to address not just the TBI's, but other violent forms of season or potential career-ending impacts, then this shouldn't be a foreign concept to people like Suh and Sherman.
Suh and Sherman do what they do because they get away with it. At some point the consequences need to be levied on the referees who see this shit happen but do nothing about it. I can guarantee you when it becomes a situation of either their (the referees) own livelihoods or the careers of the players they blow their whistles on - you'll see more flags being thrown and more suspensions levied.
Fines don't work against multi-millionaires. You take away 2-4 games for violent impacts - shit changes real quick.
http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/12/14/von-miller-wants-football-players-to-consider-opponent-safety-can-they/
This isn't the 1970's NFL. These guys are faster. Impact is faster. Head-related trauma is much more significant. This goes beyond sticking your fingers through the face mask and into the eyes of an opponent... This is serious business. NFL players who have experienced multiple TBI's are taking their own lives, if not including the lives of those that care for them.
This
is
serious
business.
We cannot continue overlooking the cheap shots and dirty play, not if we are seriously interested in preserving the game. At some point there needs to be consequences. And if those consequences aren't going to be levied by the commissioner or his umpires - they need to be levied by those who have an invested interests in the game at the team level.
NFL - clean up your act. Address the late hits, the personal fouls, the egregious non-play hits on defenseless, unsuspecting players.
Otherwise, I think Von Miller has every right, every incentive, to go for knee caps. Hey, it might end a career... but it's not a TBI.
NFL - you don't want to deal with this - do your fucking jobs and hold these guys accountable. Otherwise, you deserve every fucking lawsuit that comes your way.