Vontaze Burfict Got What He Deserves with 3-Game Suspension

January 12, 2016   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

On Saturday night, the Cincinnati Bengals, perhaps the most talented team in this year's playoffs, experienced one of the bigger meltdowns in NFL postseason history.
The poster child for that implosion was linebacker Vontaze Burfict, and on Monday, the league had its say regarding his headshot on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown that helped cost the Bengals the win.
And just like that boneheaded play, Burfict has no one to blame but himself for the league-mandated vacation that will mark the beginning of his 2016 campaign.
As the NFL Network reported, Burfict has been suspended for the first three games of the 2016 season for "repeated violations of player safety rules:"
But make no mistake, the play that got Burfict suspended was this shot that put Brown in the NFL's concussion protocol and drew a 15-yard penalty that (along with another 15-yard penalty on teammate Adam Jones) set up the Steelers' game-winning kick.
It was a hit that got Burfict...

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