He will never learn

[muskiesfan]

I'm a Burfict fan, but I've been saying this for awhile. The guy involves himself with too much stupid shit. It's completely unnecessary. I don't think he's stupid, he just won't stop doing stupid things. He wants to be an intimidator, he seems to enjoy being the villain. The problem is, he also likes to be the victim. He doesn't take ownership of what he does. He blames everyone else and how the league has it out for him. If he believes that, why give them every opportunity to come at you?

He does hurt the team. Whether it be the penalties, negative print for the team, or missing games because of suspension. None of that is helping the Bengals and none of it is helping his teammates. He could be so much more if he would just stay within the rules. Occasionally overstepping or toeing the line would be different, but the guy just isn't happy with that. Yes, there are times he is flagged for shit that he shouldn't be, but there are times he doesn't get flagged when he should. Pittsburgh was a prime example. I'm not even talking about the kick, later in the game when the FB Nix was coming up behind him, Burfict looked back over his shoulder and then smacked Nix in the head. Of course Nix cried for a flag, but there wasn't one thrown. So for all of the conspiracy theories, he does get away with some of his bullshit antics as well.

On this team, with this coach, and this owner/GM, he has been enabled to act like this. Teammates like Adam Jones encourage and enable this as well. In a good situation with a stronger culture, I think Burfict may have come around. On this team, he is what he is.