Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh can play in Detroit's wild-card game after his one-game NFL suspension was reduced to a $70,000 fine.
Hearing officer Ted Cottrell heard Suh's expedited appeal Tuesday and ruled that he can play Sunday at Dallas but must pay the fine.
Suh originally was suspended for stepping on Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' left leg twice last Sunday in a loss to Green Bay for the NFC North title. He stepped on Rodgers once with each foot, which violated unnecessary roughness rules, according to the league.
But Cottrell, jointly appointed by the NFL and the players' union, rescinded the suspension.
Suh has a long list of fines and one previous suspension, for two games in 2011 for stepping on the right arm of Packers lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith. Suh has been fined eight times in his career, but this is the first in 2014.
Coughlin to return
Tom Coughlin will be back on the sideline next season for the Giants, who are coming off a 13-19 two-season stretch that the 68-year-old coach said has made him "as sick and disappointed as anybody."
Coughlin, who has led the Giants to two Super Bowl titles during his 11 seasons with New York, received a vote of confidence from ownership following the team's worst season since going 6-10 in 2004.
"We still believe in him," Giants President John Mara said. "I believe that the players still feel very strongly about him. And the one thing that struck me during the season, even as bad as things got during that seven- game losing streak, they still played hard for him. Their effort never waned, even when the results weren't there."
