Former Bengals LB Vontaze Burfict suspended for rest of the season

Infamous linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been hit with yet another suspension for his conduct on the field. Burfict is no stranger to suspensions since he has been suspended a total of ten games in his career, but this one takes the cake.

The NFL has announced Burfict is going to sit out for the remainder of the season because of his hit on Colts tight end Jack Doyle on Sunday. He was ejected for the hit during the game, but the league wasn’t done there. Burfict will not be able to set foot on the field until the preseason starts in 2020, assuming he is on an NFL roster at that point.

This means we won’t seen a Burfict reunion when the Bengals face the Raiders later this season.

According to a statement released by NFL VP Jon Runyan, Burfict’s hit was “unnecessary, flagrant, and should have been avoided.” He continues that the length of the suspension is not only because of the incident on Sunday, but because he has warned Burfict that further violations would result in “escalated accountability measures.”

Chris Mortensen has reported that Burfict is planning on appealing his suspension.

This is going to be Burfict’s longest suspension and will double the total amount of games he has been disqualified from. After all is said and done, he will have missed a total of 22 games in his career, costing him over $5 million in either fines or lost game checks.

Here is the hit that resulted in the suspension: