Burfict fined $112K for hits on Steelers

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(10-21-2018, 04:21 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: All joking aside.  I'm a huge fan and proponent of The Super Destroyer 55, but I'm also a lifelong fan of the Bengals.  With that said, at what point do we now begin to wonder if it might have been a good idea to entertain the Raiders offer, when they wanted to make a deal for VB?  At this point, after the league's written warning to VB, the writing is on the wall.  They're looking to remove him, altogether.  The team would be completely screwed, if VB were sat for the remainder of the season.  There is no way that they could find anyone to even remotely begin to fill his shoes, if we lost him for the rest of the year.

Like I mentioned in a previous post, I feel like he is being unfairly targeted and punished.  If the plays in question weren't enough to draw a flag from the officials on the scene, then why so harsh a punishment and warning?  I saw plenty of Steeler OL attempting to take knees of defenders, yet I read nothing about any of them receiving fines.  If rules apply and are to be taken seriously, then they need to apply to all and be enforced evenly for all, not just "whomever we have our sights set on".

Most definitely ! 

They'er hyper analysing every tackle he makes, every step he takes, every move he makes. Mike Mitchell and Ryan Shazier speared two players apiece every game they played and they received nowhere near the attention, vitriol, hate and fines Burfict has.

Yes Burfict twisted Cam Newtons ankle after a play but that was what four years ago ?

Burfict has a giant target painted on his back and it's absolutely unfair.