Burfict facing suspension

[SouthernStripes]

(08-28-2017, 04:59 AM)SouthernStripes Wrote: It's official. He's appealing on a Tuesday conference call.

http://m.bengals.com/s/30838/360?itemUri=1341131871/8149103336155125664311812

The NFL dealt the Bengals' Camp Tranquility a major jolt of adversity when they informed WILL linebacker Vontaze Burfict last week he's suspended for the first five games of the season for a hit on a defenseless receiver in last Saturday night's pre-season game against the Chiefs. Burfict confirmed after the Bengals landed in Cincinnati after Sunday's game in Washington his appeal is going to be heard Tuesday and he's confident it will be reduced. Apparently the appeal takes place via conference call.

 The Bengals and Burfict argue it was a shoulder-to-chest hit to the front of the target as Sherman ran a pass route out of the backfield barely a yard from the line of scrimmage, but the NFL seems to believe the hit was high enough to be disciplined and that it came away from the play.  Since the play was Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith's 36-yard pass to tight end Travis Kelce down the middle of the field, no one appeared to notice Burfict's hit on Sherman at the time and it wasn't flagged.


"The rules say you can eliminate a receiver within five yards of the line of scrimmage as long as you don't hit him in the head and I don't think I hit him in the head," Burfict said.