Notes: Suh fined; Brown cut by Texans

NEW YORK — Detroit rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was fined $7,500 by the NFL on Friday for his roughing-the-passer penalty on Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme in an exhibition game.

The former Husker, the No. 2 overall pick in April’s draft, grabbed Delhomme’s face mask and twisted it, then wrapped his arms around the quarterback’s head and slammed him to the ground in the second quarter of last Saturday’s game.

Suh said later he didn’t know Delhomme had thrown the ball before he hit him. “I was just going after the ball, and I had no clue that he had gotten rid of it,” he said.

Delhomme got up waving his arms in protest, and Suh was assessed a 15-yard penalty.

Cutting Kris Brown tough for Kubiak

HOUSTON — Texans kicker Kris Brown, the only player left from the franchise’s inaugural 2002 season, was cut by coach Gary Kubiak on Friday as NFL teams began paring to the 53-man roster limit for the regular season.

Brown was beaten out by Neil Rackers, a free agent signed by Houston in the offseason.

“It was miserable. I don’t know how to put it any differently,” Kubiak said.

Brown made 21 of 32 field-goal tries in 2009.

Rackers spent the previous seven seasons in Arizona and made the Pro Bowl in 2005 after setting an NFL record for field goals in a season (40).

Neither kicker missed in the preseason until Brown came up short on a 56-yarder in Thursday’s 24-17 loss to Tampa Bay. Rackers hit a 21-yarder later in the game.

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