(08-30-2017, 07:30 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Should be reduced to just a fine but I can't be too upset. Getting it reduced at all really surprises me.

(08-30-2017, 11:00 PM)jeremydc Wrote: 3 games with Rey in the Middle?

(08-30-2017, 10:18 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote: Absolute horseshit .....and a chickenshit call to drop it to anything but 0. If I'm Mike Brown...I go all in like NE and lawyer up against the NFL.  Total horse shit.

(08-30-2017, 08:22 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Repeat offenders banned 3 games. So mike bitchell gets suspended for his first helmet to helmet hit right?


Right?

(08-30-2017, 11:31 PM)kevin Wrote: It's not just you, many saying about the same thing on here.  The NFL this year is going to go hard on cheap hits and unsportsman like conduct, and everybody was told this.  We can cry about NFL picking on our poor Bengals, but it was a cheap hit on a defenseless player no where near the ball 30 yards down field from Burfict.  Plays like this and Hines Ward hitting Rivers nowhere near the ball and breaking his jaw is the garbage NFL needs to get out of the game.  If that means Burfict and others can't get with the program, I guess they aren't going to play much but they sure are going to lose pay much.  Now some will come on here talking pump fakes and such, but the ball was way down field in the air when Burfict clobbered a back around 5 yards past line of scrimmage slowing up on his route.  People better get use to it. It's not touch football out there, but the NFL is trying to clean up the game and cut down on injuries.  The days of Hines Ward cheap shots to a player not near the ball are over.  Now, if the ball had been thrown to the back and Burfict nailed him, OK.  Problem was ball was way down field, Burfict not going for the ball or a tackle, just a cheap hit. If he doesn't get with the NFL rules he isn't going to be playing much. Just the way it is per NFL.  Look, NFL is trying not to get law suits by every player, agent, doctor and lawyer, so they said they are coming down hard on this stuff.  The NFL told everybody.  Teams and players are going to find out the NFL means it this year.  There was a preseason game 2 players fighting, both kicked out of the game. Not warned but kicked out. That is the new NFL and they told every team, this is no surprise. Players get with the program or they get tossed out of games.  Look for players to get tossed out of games first few weeks as players think NFL is kidding, and a large money fine larger than ever before.  The owners and coaches may want to read the new rule book.

(08-31-2017, 12:46 AM)TKUHL Wrote: Its a pretty fast play. When i first watched it I though, What the hell is he doing. But you can see in the pics that he is a split second from hitting him while the ball is still in the QB's hand, Not 30 yards down field. If it was 30 yards down field the tv camera wouldnt even show the play in the frame.  He did pump fake his way which is what drew Burfict his direction. In the video he pumps, then goes to throw and you can see Burfict no longer looking at the QB cause he thinks the ball is heading his way. Another reason for Burfict thinking this is because the guy he hit is not looking down field ( which is why he got drilled) but looking back at the QB like he's focusing on a pass. The same thing CB's look for to know when the ball is comming. I hate Burficts antics but I can see how this is not a cheap shot but just a player trying to make a play. We can argue that its only pre season and all that but it dosent change the fact that he's just doing his job.

(08-31-2017, 01:26 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Gives the appearance that the NFL is trying to work with him, but will probably go down as another check, so next infraction could cause an 8 game or season long suspension.

The NFL clearly has a vendetta and won't stop until he's out of the league. And btw...why reduce a suspension? Either he broke rules or he didn't. To me this is just the NFL admitting a goof while simultaneously setting Burfict up for steeper discipline later.

(08-30-2017, 09:07 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: Didn't have to scour the tape.  I believe it was Rich Gannon that called the game and was crying about it live, calling it one of the dirtiest plays he had ever seen.  He probably had a clip to the league by half time...

(08-31-2017, 12:38 AM)bengalguy71 Wrote: Mike Mitchell is a legal thug because he's a Steeler!  Would love to see the film of all he's gotten away with.

Credit where credit is due, Steelers want to win.

I see they did hesitate to sign Joe Haden to a 3 YEAR DEAL!!

Can't stand them, but they've had the most consistent fracture success for the last 40 years!

(08-31-2017, 03:34 AM)bengalhoel Wrote: How the hell did he even see it? His eyeballs are so close together that everything has to be blurry.