Breaking: Burfict Suspended (Again)

[grampahol]

(04-12-2018, 10:55 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: It's not just about that. It's about the fact that Burfict will have played in 33 games out of 70 once this suspension is over. He's had several suspensions, fines, injuries, etc. All resulting in an absurd amount of time missed. 

Simply put, he cannot be relied on. I'm ready to move on. This team has played without Burfict plenty of times and have won without him plenty of times. We're used to it, unfortunately. I say cut or trade him, and build for the future without him. Hopefully a future with a superstar LB that actually can be relied on. 

There's absolutely no guarantee that anyone that replaces him will be anywhere near as good while playing. This team has continually struggled to find high quality LBs so you want to cut one of arguably best LBs of the entire league and replace with who exactly? Suppose he gets cut tomorrow and signs with the squeels or rats or stains.. Then what?  I certainly wouldn't want our offence to have to face him twice a year and suppose he does sign within our division then never misses another game till he retires..  Like it or not teams have to make allowances for once in a generation talent that comes along with baggage before he ever signs in the first place . You might not like that aspect of football and few people do ,but it's part of football reality .