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Burfict’s wallet continues to lighten. This time, by over $50,000.

By John Sheeran@John__Sheeran  Dec 8, 2018, 5:50pm EST
 

 

Vontaze Burfict played one of his worst games of his career against the Broncos this past Sunday, and now he has something to remember the poor performance by.

The NFL is fining Burfict for $53,482 for his helmet to helmet collision he caused with Broncos’ fullback Andy Janovich, per Ian Rapaport. The hit was as loud as it was probably painful for Janovich.

 

 
This is the second time this year that Burfict has been fined for unnecessary roughness and lowering his helmet to initiate contact. The first incident occurred back in October when Burfict and the Bengals played the Stealers and Burfict lowered his head on multiple tackle attempts against wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back James Conner.
 

Burfict was fined for $112,000 for those two offenses, and this latest fine matches the average of those two. In total, Burfict has now been fined for over $4.2 million in his seven years in the league. For reference, Burfict has accrued just over $32 million in career earnings.

The NFL can fine and suspend Burfict all they want at this point, it’s unlikely that Burfict will ever change his playing style. Some would say he has and it’s made him a worse player. If he can’t adapt like the rest of the league, then the fines and blooper reels will keep rolling in.

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Date  Susp Forfeited Reason
12/8/2018   $53,482 Lowering helmet on tackle
10/20/2018   $112,000 Unnecessary roughness hits vs. Stealers
03/16/2018 4 games $1,839,362 PED policy violation
10/27/2017   $12,154 Unsportsmanlike Conduct, kicking
08/28/2017 3 games   Illegal hit on Anthony Sherman
11/25/2016   $12,154 Unsportsmanlike Conduct, obscene gesture at fans
10/19/2016   $75,000 Unsportsmanlike Conduct, stepping on a player
04/01/2016 3 games $502,941 Hit to a defenseless receiver
01/11/2016   $50,000 Late hit
12/18/2015   $69,454 Unsportsmanlike Conduct, various
10/15/2014   $25,000 Ankle-Twisting
11/01/2013   $21,000 Spearing
09/27/2013   $21,000 Hit to a defenseless receiver
09/27/2013   $10,000 Striking player in groin
  11 total $4,204,016 total
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