Since Jeremy Hill came into the league. . .

[muskiesfan]

Like it or not, Burfict and Jones got the penalties that set up the game winning field goal and lost the game. That's not absolving Hill of his fumble, but they shouldn't be absolved either. It's fine if you like Burfict and Jones more and just don't want to put any blame on them because of that, but the fumble happened. You can make up all the ifs, ands, and buts that you want to, but it did happen. So many people use the "if the fumble didn't happen" line. Unfortunately this is real life and not fantasy land. All 3 players made mistakes that directly lost the game.

It's not like I'm some huge Hill defender, but it's ridiculous that everyone wants to blame the actions of others on him. Hill did not cause Burfict or Jones to draw their penalties. Those 2 should've played smarter and kept their heads in the game. Burfict has built his reputation and had to know he was going to get flagged. Didn't care. Took an unnecessary shot on Brown. Jones has people talking shit to him all of the time. No excuse for him to lose his cool.

Burfict has definitely reached AJ Green status on these boards. No one can ever speak ill of him without being flipped out on. If AJ or Burfict make a mistake it's Andy's fault, Hill's fault, the official's fault, the grand conspiracy against the Bengals fault, anyone and everyone's fault but theirs. It's okay to hold them responsible for their mistakes as well. It doesn't make you less of a fan and they're not going to find out and pull you fan card.