Burfict suspension upheld

[oldschooler]

Ray Rice was suspended less games initially, for knocking his woman the fuck out. 

 

[oldschooler]

All of Burfict's career penalties 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BurfVo00/penalties/

 

[oldschooler]

Already posted this this morning but it belongs here too ...

 

I do believe the NFL has vilified Burfict, though the linebacker does enough harm to give them a platform to stand on. His role as the symbol of what’s wrong with the league was blown out of proportion following his hit. That’s what happens, though. The closer you get to the Super Bowl media monster, the more sensationalized the reaction. That goes for good and bad.

One question that repeatedly goes unanswered and caught the attention of many I talked with who hadn’t considered it, also surrounded Burfict. He was handed a three-game suspension by the league for repeated violations of player-safety rules. Fine. He had three incidents in the second Stealers game then received a $50K fine for an unnecessary hit against Maxx Williams in Week 17. After his hit concussing Antonio Brown in the playoff game he drew a three-game suspension from the league.

If this was truly for repeated violations and not a single incident, why was his suspension worth three games after one hit, but not worth one game following the Ravens incident? That type of jump for one play is unprecedented. The argument of three games due to accrued violations does not hold water if they refused to suspend him following the Williams hit.

Why would they immediately pop the three on him then? Think about it. What was the No. 1 issue for the NFL all season? Officiating. Dropping the immediate and over-the-top hammer on Burfict took attention off a game in which officials allowed a playoff game to grow wildly out of control, leaving a black eye on the league. Also, a league which assigned the same head official, John Parry, who let the Dec. 13 game against Pittsburgh go out of control to the point of $147K in fines.

Instead, the narrative was Burfict’s a bad guy. Call it a conspiracy theory or not, but I didn’t hear many people discounting the idea as the concept entered conversations.

 

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/02/08/10-bengals-thoughts-super-bowl-week-sf/80024120/

[oldschooler]

Vontaze Burfict Has To Choose. I Hope He Chooses Wisely.

 

Vontaze Burfict has a choice to make, and since the NFL has upheld his arbitrary three game suspension for the lengthy list of violations of the league's safety rules, he'll have an extra three weeks to make his decision.

His choices: Well, he can choose to continue to play recklessly outside the boundaries of the NFL's rules while continuing to enhance his growing reputation as one of pro football's dirtiest players as he further compromises his availability to the Bengals.

Or he can choose to play football within the ever-changing parameters of a game that - whether Vontaze Burfict and the rest of us likes it or not - is changing.

Vontaze is a like a lot of us - and certainly everyone who does what I do - in that he's making a living in an industry that's evolving rapidly in ways that some never would have imagined.  And the man in charge of his industry is telling employees in ways both subtle and not so much that their particular line of work has little room for the workers who don't want to adapt.  The rank-and-file can sit with their arms folded and lowers lips stuck out while resisting change, or they can decide to evolve.  

Tell me what choice you'd make in your line of work.

I'll tell you what Vontaze Burfict should do in his.

We can piss and moan about Roger Goodell, and how his collectively bargained centralized authority is both unfair and off-putting.  We can yell and scream about the inconsistent manner in which football is officiated on the field and governed off of it.  We can wish that NFL games were played when the rules were looser, when anything went, when no one had heard of things like CTE, and the league hadn't yet been dragged into court by former players whose brains don't work.

But the league is still changing, like it or not.

The league's message to Vontaze Burfict is very, very clear: We don't condone the way you play, and if you don't change how you play, you won't play at all. You can resist, or you can evolve.  

It's Roger's way or the highway.

Your choice, 55.

Vontaze's importance to the Bengals goes without saying.  He's often been described as the heart and soul of the defense and there are moments when you can't help but imagine how good he'd be if he wasn't as targeted by the men in stripes as he is, and if he'd just figure out a way to play with ferocity and even nastiness within the rules.

It's no coincidence that the Bengals' 2015 defense performed much better once Vontaze returned in early November, and in the game that decided the season - the playoff loss that was shaped by his illegal hit of Antonio Brown - the very best of the Cincinnati linebacker was on display.  That they were even in position to win the game was, in part, a testament to how good the guy is.

But he doesn't do the Bengals any good if he ain't playing.

And if he can't figure out how to play Roger Goodell's way, he'll be absolutely useless to his team.

His career is at a crossroads of sorts.  Go one way, and he continues to be a marked man both by officials and opponents, and the three game suspension he'll start 2016 with will surely pale in comparison to his next league-imposed vacation.  Keep going that way, and his team will be forced to find players who might not be as good, but can at least be counted on to be in uniform.

Or go one way, and change the narrative the way Von Miller did in Denver. Become the cornerstone of a championship-caliber defense, earn a spot as one of the NFL's best and most respected linebackers, and turn into one of the NFL's nicer turnaround stories.

It's his choice.

I know what I'd choose.

I certainly know what I hope he chooses. 

Read more: http://www.espn1530.com/onair/mo-egger-9170/vontaze-burfict-has-to-choose-i-14374842/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#ixzz3zuekQmMx

[oldschooler]

If Jeremy Hill doesn't fumble Burfict is lauded as a hero. 

Instead he is now vilified and suspended 3 games. 

That fumble was hard to stomach at the time. 

Now it is down right nauseating. 

[oldschooler]

Lance McAlister is a fucking douche. I am glad the last words he read from me before blocking me said as much ...

 

 

 

[oldschooler]

Here's a look at all the suspensions by the league strictly for violations which occurred during games in the last five years.

2015

 

• Aqib Talib, Denver: One game — eye poke
• Odell Beckham, New York Giants: One game — unsportsmanlike conduct against Josh Norman
• Vontaze Burfict, Cincinnati: Three games — repeated violations of player-safety rules

2014

 

• Dominic Raiola, Indianapolis: One game — stomping on Chicago’s Ego Ferguson
• Brandon Meriweather, Washington:  Two games — illegal hit on Torrey Smith

 

2013

 

• Michael Griffin, Tennessee: One game — repeat offender hits to head
• Dashon Goldson, Tampa Bay: One game — player-safety policy violation on Roddy White
• Erik Walden, Indianapolis: One game — head butt Delanie Walker 
• Brandon Meriweather, Washington: One game — unnecessary roughness vs Chicago
• Antonio Smith, Houston: One game — fighting with Richie Incognito

2012

 

• Joe Mays, Denver: One game — illegal hit on Matt Schaub

2011

 

• James Harrison, Pittsburgh: One game — illegal hit on quarterback
• Ndamukong Suh, Detroit: Two games — stomping on Evan Dietrich-Smith

 

The largest suspension for on-field behavior by the league came in 2006 when Albert Haynesworth, then of Tennessee, stomped on the face of Dallas offensive lineman Andre Gurode, forcing him to need 30 stitches. He received a five game suspension for that. Since then, no on-field suspension topped two games. Tom Brady was suspended four games by the league in the Deflate-Gate scandal, but that was later overturned. Also, multiple Saints players were implicated in Bounty-Gate but those were later overturned as well.

As for reasons Burfict is considered a repeat offender, there are plenty. Burfict ranks among the most fined players in the league since his arrival in 2012. With this suspension, which will take away three game checks equalling $534K, he’ll have seven separate fines over the course of three seasons.

 

(Click the link for the entire article)

 

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/02/11/numbers-burfict-suspension-and-nfl-history/80250612/

[oldschooler]

Vontaze Burfict suspension is a bold,

 

unprecedented PR move by the NFL

By Connor Howe  @HoweNFL on Feb 11, 2016, 4:04p 30 

Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

 

Vontaze Burfict's three-game suspension has been upheld, which seems ridiculous considering the league's past suspensions

It's official. The NFL upheld its three-game suspension of Vontaze Burfict for repeatedly violating the league's safety-related playing rules. NFL fans may think this suspension is warranted and that the upholding of the three-game ban is deserving, but this is an unprecedented move by the NFL.

Roger Goodell's sudden concern for player safety seems like yet another overreaction just a year after Deflate Gate garnered unnecessary media attention for far too long. The fact that New England lost their first-round pick in April's draft is ridiculous enough; the suspension of a quarterback who the league didn't have any concrete evidence on was even more ludicrous. You'd think Goodell learned from his mistakes, but he clearly hasn't.

 

Burfict has made dirty plays during his career, and a suspension for repeatedly violating player safety rules is perfectly reasonable. The timing and duration of the suspension, however, makes no sense. Burfict's dirty hit on Maxx Williams in Week 17 absolutely warranted a suspension, and the right move for the NFL to make would be suspending him for the Bengals' first-round playoff game. The suspension would've sent a stronger message, as the linebacker's entire body of work in 2015 would've rendered meaningless with a playoff game he wouldn't have been able to suit up for.

But of course, the league screwed up. Burfict's hit on Williams went almost completely unnoticed until Burfict made the now-infamous hit on Antonio Brown with 22 seconds to spare in Cincinnati's first-round playoff matchup. As the referees let the game get out of control, media outlets scoured through film, looking for dirty tape on Vontaze Burfict.Ravens guard John Urschel tweeted out video footage of Burfict's hit on his teammate, and suddenly, the world erupted.

Furthermore, Burfict's hit on Antonio Brown was questionable at best. Browns' teammate,James Harrison, and former teammate, Ike Taylor, among others claimed the hit was perfectly clean, yet fans around the NFL think Burfict is the dirtiest player in football.

Bomani Jones made a couple of great points the night of Cincinnati's loss:

 

 

 

It seems as though NFL fans just parrot whoever's voice is loudest. And on the night of Cincinnati's loss, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms were very loud when it came to Vontaze Burfict's actions. So the question must be asked: Was the upholding of Burfct's suspension warranted?

Upholding the suspension was completely unwarranted, and while it was a bold move to make by the NFL, it was a very hypocritical move. Odell Beckham and Aqib Talib made dirty plays this season, yet both players only received one game suspensions.

The NFL seems to value maintaining their appearance over all else, but with Burfict's suspension, things could be changing.

Ndamukong Suh was in a very similar situation as Burfict, getting caught stomping onAaron Rodgers after he'd already served a suspension for stomping on Evan Dietrich-Smith in 2011. He was set to serve a suspension prior to Detroit's 2014 playoff matchup with the Dallas Cowboys, but he appealed and the suspension was reduced to a fine.

Another notorious repeat offender, Brandon Meriweather, continually violated the NFL's helmet-to-helmet hit policy, eventually getting sentenced with a two-game suspension, which was reduced to one game upon appeal. After violating the rules again with a clearly dirty hit on Torrey Smith, Meriweather received another suspension--only for two games. Prior to his second suspension, Meriweather had been flagged for six separate violations of unnecessary roughness rules for hits on defenseless players and the impermissible use of his helmet.

Despite six clear, intentional violations of NFL rules, Meriweather has only been forced to sit out of for a total of three career games from two separate suspensions. Suh, who clearly stepped on defenseless opponents, has only served a single-game suspension for offenses dirtier than Burfict's. I do believe Burfict's hit on Williams, low tackle on Ben Roethlisberger in Week 14 and the twisting of Panthers players' ankles were all dirty. But, his hit on Le'Veon Bell, in Week 8, was perfectly clean and his hit on Antonio Brown was questionable at best. He did hit him in the head/neck area, so a flag was necessary, but it wasn't a dirty play and in my opinion, it was a quick thinking play with no bad intentions.

To me, this looks like a complete overreaction by the NFL in order to save face. The perception of Burfict and the Bengals has been molded by announcers and the national media, and the perceptions aren't pretty. The entire situation stems from how the league handled Burfict's Week 17 hit on Williams (in not suspending him -- and not even publically announcing he was fined for the hit). If the league got it right then, Burfict wouldn't have to miss three games in 2016 and the media firestorm following Cincinnati's playoff loss wouldn't have ever happened.

Instead, Burfict is now Cincinnati's scapegoat, and he'll be watched as closely or even more closely than Harrison was watched when the Stealers linebacker was known for illegally hitting players and being the NFL's dirtiest player. Now that Goodell claims player safety as his number one priority, and, since he wants to make the NFL look good, it's fair to expect Burfict will be under the microscope for the duration of his career, fair or not.

 

 

 

http://www.cincyjungle.com/2016/2/11/10968302/vontaze-burfict-suspension-is-a-bold-unprecedented-pr-stunt-by-the-nfl

 

[Le Tigre]

So everyone concedes that the "crimes" are really no crimes at all...and many other player "crimes" took less punishment. And yet Egger says to "behave, there's nothing you can do about it", and Dehner says it won't matter what he does because the media narrative is tainted, and the league has him eternally marked for elimination. 

Sanctimonious, hypocritical, bastards. A pox on all of them.

 

[oldschooler]

NFL says Burfict suspension upheld

Posted 4 hours ago

Geoff HobsonEditorBengals.comFollow Me Blog

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The NFL said Thursday that Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s suspension has been upheld after the appeal was heard by Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Brooks and he’ll miss the first three games of the upcoming season.

The league also confirmed that Burfict met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in New York Thursday, but it was unrelated to the three-game suspension Goodell gave him after this season for what was ruled as repeated violations of the player safety guidelines.  Brooks' ruling had apparently had been handed down before Thursday.

Although Burfict was hit with a 15-yard unnecessary roughness call for hitting a defenseless player on the last play of last month’s Wild Card Game against the Stealers on a play Stealers wide receiver Antonio Brown received a concussion, Bengals defensive coordinator Paul Guenther and several players believed Burfict did the best he could to avoid drilling Brown while trying to make a play on a bang-bang pass.

“I think he was just doing his job. If (Brown) catches that over the middle they’re going to kick an easy field goal, so what does he try and do? He tries to do his job get the ball off him," said defensive tackle Domata Peko two days after the game. “In games like that a flag shouldn’t determine whether you’re going to go to the next round. I believe there should be some kind of new rule in the playoffs where things are on the line that they’ll have someone in the booth that can overturn the call.”

ESPN.com reported that head coach Marvin Lewis accompanied Burfict to Thursday's meeting.

 

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/NFL-says-Burfict-suspension-upheld/e84458b5-7c91-46b9-9581-a2e42a358ce1

[|Elflocko|]

Fuck this league. I'm done...

[Jeb]

This is what I've been saying over and over again, ...this league is using Burfict to make a point that they care about concussions, ...but they don't.

If they did care then they would outlaw all helmet to helmet hits, ...they don't.

It's really that easy, ...they are liars and they don't care.

[oldschooler]

Check out the headline ...

 

 

 

NFL’s resounding message to Bengals’ head-hunting villain

 

The NFL’s message to Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was loud and clear after upholding his three-game suspension following an appeal hearing Thursday afternoon.

By upholding his suspension, the league is telling the four-year veteran it will no longer tolerate his aggressive style of play, which has led Burfict to be flagged 16 times for personal foul penalties.

The suspension dates back to the Bengals’ wild-card game against the Stealers, during which Burfict was flagged for a personal foul after hitting wide receiver Antonio Brown on a pass over the middle. The vicious hit caused Brown to suffer a concussion and miss the Stealers’ next game.

Burfict has a history of playing a borderline style since entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2012, throwing punches to the groin of several Packers playing during a game in 2013 and hitting defenseless players as he did against the Ravens this past season.

The three-game ban will cost Burfict $502,941 of his 2016 base salary of $2.85 million.

Burfict finished the 2015 season fourth on the Bengals with 74 total tackles, one sack and two interceptions in 10 games.

 

http://nypost.com/2016/02/11/nfls-resounding-message-to-bengals-head-hunting-villain/

[HavePityPlease]

It should no longer be a shock to anyone that the Bengals are indeed treated differently than most teams in the league.  It started early in Goodell's tenure when he threw Odell Thurman into the trash heap immediately, no attempt to help him at all.  Yes, the guy had big issues and needed time away, but the league is supposed to be *helping* these guys... that's why they were given non-profit status for so long, because they were ostensibly "helping young men grow"... but Goodell essentially said to him "F*ck off, we don't want you here".  Well, mission accomplished.

There have been several other examples over the years, but now we have this.  An unprecedented punishment for a guy who has been vilified publicly in an unprecedented way.  Any questions as to what motivates these punishments?

Fairness?  Nope.

Helping guys improve themselves?  F*ck no.

Protecting other players?  Ha, where is Ryan Shazier's punishment?  How is it Suh only got two for *stompiing a guy's face off after the play*?

Repeat offenses?  No way, see the Brandon Merriweather history.

Image, money, public perception?  Ahhh now we're getting somewhere...

This league is a joke, and more importantly, its commissioner is a narcissistic slime bag.  You can say that Derrick Brooks made this decision and maybe he really does want to protect players but this isn't the situation to make a statement on; make it when guys are stomping people after the play, not on bang-bang plays during a game - that will only serve to ruin the on-field play completely (if it isn't already).  Nope, I think Brooks saw an opportunity to do the popular thing and look like a hero, and at the expense of a team that "nobody cares about".   I mean, look at the tweets from Steeler players since *November*.  Death threats?  Mocking Bengal players constantly, calling them out, rejoicing at punishment?  Is that what the league wants?  Good, then they'll see what that brings.

 

[oldschooler]

Thursday should be wake-up call for Burfict and Bengals

 

CINCINNATI (Richard Skinner) - If Thursday doesn't make Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, and those who coach him, pay attention to the fact that the way he plays isn't going to fly, then nothing will.

The NFL on Thursday opted to uphold Burfict's three-game suspension that came as the result of a hit to the head of Pittsburgh Stealers wide receiver Antonio Brown in the Bengals 18-16 playoff loss, but that was really just the culmination of the way he plays not being acceptable by the league.

It was the right thing to do.

When it initially suspended him, the NFL noted that Burfict had already been fined four times for dangerous hits on players during the season. 

Those fines, along with a $25,000 fine last season for twisting the ankles of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and tight end Greg Olsen last season, cost Burfict roughly $145,000, and the three-game suspension will cost him roughly $500,000.

If he is that dumb to give away that kind of cash just to try and be a "tough guy," then he gets what he deserves.

 

Look, the guy is a great player. That's obvious. He reads and reacts as well as any linebacker in the NFL. He is great in coverage. On the rare occasion the Bengals call on him to blitz he is very good at that, too.

He just has to play to the whistle and not beyond it.

I'm not sure what he's trying to prove by doing the things he does.

Yes, the NFL is a tough game. It's not for the faint of heart. But there's a right way to play, and there'a a wrong to play, and Burfict is too often choosing to play the wrong way.

Since entering the league in 2012 as an undrafted college free agent he has been flagged 14 times for either a personal foul or unnecessary roughness.

For comparison sake, Carolina Panthers standout linebacker Luke Kuechly, a St. Xavier High School graduate, entered the league the same year and has been flagged just once for the same thing. Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, who was MVP of this year's Super Bowl, has been flagged just twice for the same thing, and he entered the league in 2011.

Those two, who are among the league's best at the position, have found a way to play with ferocity without going over the line.

That's something Burfict needs to learn.

 

Unfortunately this has been a problem since he played in college at Arizona State. He had 16 personal foul penalties in his final 26 college games and claimed then that he wasn't the dirty player he was being portrayed.

Well, that issue, combined with his woeful performance at the NFL Draft Combine led to him going undrafted despite the fact that some scouts believed he was a first-round talent.

The Bengals got a steal when they signed him.

His performance has proven that.

The problem is though that his coaches - and teammates - have condoned his post-whistle actions as,"Vontaze being Vontaze," for lack of a better term, and that if they try to harness him he won't be the same player.

Why can't he be?

If he was held accountable by both his coaches and teammates from the start then maybe this never would have escalated to the point it has. Perhaps it's too late to try.

That said if something isn't done about it now then Burfict is going to find himself continuing to lose cash out of his pocket and perhaps more importantly the Bengals are going to find themselves without one of their best defensive players more and more.

It's time for him to grow up and knock it off.

If he doesn't then the Bengals might be better off letting him go.

That may sound harsh, but if he doesn't straighten up the NFL is going to force him to miss games anyway.

 

http://local12.com/sports/bengals/thursday-should-be-wake-up-call-for-burfict-and-bengals

[saphead]

Vontaze Burfict has a little talk with Antonio Brown. From the movie Casino:

'Nicky Santoro' as Vontaze Burfict: "I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance next season the first game that we play you, I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the football field and... walk in and see and, uh... if you try to catch a pass over the middle, I'll... crack your fuckin' head wide-open in front of the Commissioner and everybody in the League. And just about the time that I'm comin' off of another suspension, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your fuckin' head open again. 'Cause I'm fuckin' stupid. I don't give a fuck about suspensions. That's my business. That's what I do."

[oldschooler]

    Article is from January ....

 

More of those Vontaze Burfict hits, please

Steve Rosenbloom

Vontaze Burfict’s suspension for the dirty hit the Bengals linebacker laid on Stealers wide receiver Antonio Brown -- or better yet, lack of suspension -- will say a lot about the NFL’s actual concern for player safety.

More likely, it will expose the NFL’s lack of concern for player safety.

And I’m fine with that. I’m sure a lot of fans would be fine with that as well. Getting the NFL to admit that is the issue.

Burfict delivered a great hit. A massive hit. A clear head shot that used to be one of the four major food groups of football. It was a big reason fans watched. That and the point spread.

Burfict’s hit wasn’t against the rules until recently. Before this, Burfict’s hit would’ve been celebrated. It would’ve been shown everywhere for oohs and aahs, not the way it is now for tsk-tsking.

Yes, it was stupid in today’s rules, but if you’re looking for entertainment, it was old-school entertaining. It was Doug Atkins. It was Gary Fencik. It was Dick Butkus. It was the kind of hit that requires John Facenda’s voice.

That kind of raw, violent brutality is fun to watch. It’s not my body, after all. Not my family, either.

It’s not PC to say this in an era of concussion concern. It’s also stupid to focus on concussions because the real damage is the subconcussive hitting on every play.

Those who suffer concussions are the lucky ones comparatively. They got off the field. Those who stay on the field endure more brain damage, according to research from those who study chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

The NFL probably loves talk of concussions over talk of subconcussive hits, and if the NFL prefers something in this discussion, then you know the focus is wrong.

But it brings us to a point where we can envision football’s future.

Inevitably, the NFL will have to change entry requirements. It cannot make the game safer because brain damage is inherent in the competition. Claiming to make the game safer is another joke the NFL is playing on suckers and parents so its player source doesn’t dry up.

But that talent pool is starting to dry up, and the lame attempts by the NFL to claim it is making the game safer is actually making the game more confusing.

The NFL is legislating the football out of football. It has been doing that for a while and it will continue to put bandaids on places where bandaids don’t work.

The NFL will get to the point where it goes MMA instead of PC. Someday, player contracts will contain boilerplate language absolving the NFL of blame. Players will have to admit they know what they’re getting into and not come back on the league with litigation.

And I’ll bet that almost every player in the game today would sign that deal.

It would be cleaner for a league that plays dirty and lies as needed to protect its billions. It would return football to the players, not the doctors, quacks and phony-baloney concussion protocols some teams seem to observe only when it’s convenient.

It also would bring some consistency to the officiating. Nobody knows what a legal hit is the way nobody knows what a legal catch is.

A defensive end who’s a step away from a quarterback when he releases the ball can’t possibly ease up for fear that he doesn’t actually release the ball, but if he doesn’t ease up, he might be called for a personal foul.

Or maybe not, depending on the referee.

We can all agree this is a stupid way to enforce rules, right?

What Burfict did to Brown was stupid and dirty by today’s rules. I don’t know whether we’re going to be seeing today’s rules in the future. I can imagine a return to some rules -- a loosening -- from the dangerous game that many fans grew up watching.

I don’t think the Burfict hit will be that inflection point, but I think something like it eventually will be.

Copyright © 2016, Chicago Tribune

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-vontaze-burfict-hit-nfl-rosenbloom-20160111-column.html

[T-Dub]

Lance McAlister is a fucking douche. I am glad the last words he read from me before blocking me said as much ...

 

Lance's job is to piss people off enough to bother calling his show.  He's pretty good at it.  I doubt he believes half of what he says on air.

[snowy]

NFL hypocrisy...it burns.

[Jeb]

I just heard the guy filling in for Rich Eisen say Gio Bernard dropped his head and deserved the concussion.

[Jeb]

Btw, ...he first said there was no concussion on the Gio Bernard hit and later corrected himself.

[jhowdy54]

when are they announcing Mike Mitchells suspension for the helmet to helmet hit that knocked Tyler Eifert out for 3 games. As a repeat offender he should get the mandatory 3 game suspension. Mitchell has a ton of personal foul penalties in his career. All I ask out of the NFL is to hold every player to the same standards. Stop making new shit up when a player does something wrong.

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[Jeb]

 

 

when are they announcing Mike Mitchells suspension for the helmet to helmet hit that knocked Tyler Eifert out for 3 games. As a repeat offender he should get the mandatory 3 game suspension. Mitchell has a ton of personal foul penalties in his career. All I ask out of the NFL is to hold every player to the same standards. Stop making new shit up when a player does something wrong.

 

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You've just described why the NFL keeps losing in court.

[jhowdy54]

You've just described why the NFL keeps losing in court.

So is there a chance this goes to court?

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[Jeb]

I guess we'll find out how intelligent Burfict is because the outrageous suspension is really only about business at this point, ...money lost is precedent and no player should put up with that, ...all players should fight.