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Raiders Vontaze Burfict suspended for season for helmet to helmet hit

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  • WarriorsRpussiesW WarriorsRpussies wrote on
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    Good, guy was a known dirty player.

  • WarriorsRpussiesW WarriorsRpussies

    Good, guy was a known dirty player.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
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    @warriorsrpussies said:

    Good guy was a known dirty player.

    Are you being oxymoronic on purpose?   If not, please explain.

  • WarriorsRpussiesW WarriorsRpussies wrote on
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    Forgot to add a comma.

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  • flyingfooldougF flyingfooldoug wrote on
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    Good at being dirty. 

  • WarriorsRpussiesW WarriorsRpussies

    Forgot to add a comma.

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on
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    @warriorsrpussies said:

    Forgot to add a comma.

    Or a hyphen.  🙂  

  • mjp28M mjp28

    ESPN - 

    Raiders LB Vontaze Burfict will be suspended for the remainder of the 2019 season for helmet-to-helmet hit on Colts TE Jack Doyle on Sunday.

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    hoortaH hoorta wrote on
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    @mjp28 said:

    ESPN - 

    Raiders LB Vontaze Burfict will be suspended for the remainder of the 2019 season for helmet-to-helmet hit on Colts TE Jack Doyle on Sunday.

    Didn't see the play, but this guy should retire already.... Cost the Bungles a playoff win against the Steelers too....  

    https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/09/30/vontaze-burfict-suspension-history

    OK, found the video- I don't know about a year, but 8 games minimum. Headhunter Harrison got nothing on this guy....  

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  • WarriorsRpussiesW WarriorsRpussies

    Forgot to add a comma.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
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    @warriorsrpussies said:

    Forgot to add a comma.

    AHH!!  Punctuation is everything!      Let's eat grandma.   Let's eat, grandma.

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @warriorsrpussies said:

    Forgot to add a comma.

    AHH!!  Punctuation is everything!      Let's eat grandma.   Let's eat, grandma.

    WarriorsRpussiesW WarriorsRpussies wrote on
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    @the-gipper said:

    AHH!!  Punctuation is everything!      Let's eat grandma.   Let's eat, grandma.

    I could see the initiate confusion right away. With that said I really do think Burfict scrambled AB brains with that hit years ago that may be causing CTE in his head. So I guess we can thank him for getting him out of division ?

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  • jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on
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    That sort of hit was dirty 20 years ago, let alone now with better protections for players. Lord knows I wasn't a prime time player, but I played enough football to know you tackle like that on purpose. I have no problem with the suspension at all, but I'd be surprised if the full season holds up. 8-10 games no doubt though.

  • jcam222J jcam222 wrote on
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    At this point why would they not boot him from the league? 

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  • B blitzz2 wrote on
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    I get the suspension, but how about the hit on Allen by the patriots player, or the hit on Peters by that huge Oline man? And we know VB past, but suspending 1 where there were just as bad of hits across the board. Haven't seen anything as of yet about them hits being reviewed. There needs to be a standard across the board that is followed.

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  • jcam222J jcam222

    At this point why would they not boot him from the league? 

    I Icecube wrote on
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    @jcam222 said:

    At this point why would they not boot him from the league? 

    They probably should have. He is a complete piece of trash. 

  • B blitzz2

    I get the suspension, but how about the hit on Allen by the patriots player, or the hit on Peters by that huge Oline man? And we know VB past, but suspending 1 where there were just as bad of hits across the board. Haven't seen anything as of yet about them hits being reviewed. There needs to be a standard across the board that is followed.

    I Icecube wrote on
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    @blitzz2 said:

    I get the suspension, but how about the hit on Allen by the patriots player, or the hit on Peters by that huge Oline man? And we know VB past, but suspending 1 where there were just as bad of hits across the board. Haven't seen anything as of yet about them hits being reviewed. There needs to be a standard across the board that is followed.

    Well, there's a reason a judge strongly considers a person's record when deeming a sentence - it's meaningful. If this was the first time he laid a hit like this, probably no suspension at all, just a fine. But how many times has he hit someone dirty? 10? Sad thing is, he'd be quite a good player if he wasn't so dirty. 

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  • medicinemanM medicineman wrote on
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    Funny how Harrison never got any suspension even after knocking 2 of our guys out in the same game and neither play even drew a fucking flag but they did fine his roid lovin ass but so what, How many Browns players have taken head shots and never got a flag yet the player gets fined? You really believe the refs missed all those calls or do they just say fuck the Browns like the rest of the NFL? So sick of it, Had that hit been on our TE that would not of been called. This is bullshit, Myles gets taken down by his facemask and the refs want to flag myles for whatever they think of. I am so over refs making the sport unwatchable. 

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #16

    Different time medman...

    This wasn't even the crown... just the high brow.

    But you can't get more "defenseless" than Doyle was there. That hit could have Daryl Stingley'd him...

    Balance of the season works for me.

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  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on
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    And this little tidbit.  Is the penalty too harsh or not? Anyone surprised?

    The league said that he will be not be paid during the suspension, which covers the postseason as well. The league cited repeated violations of unnecessary roughness rules.

    NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan's wrote a letter to Burfict explaining the decision.

    "There were no mitigating circumstances on this play," it said. "Your contact was unnecessary, flagrant and should have been avoided. For your actions, you were penalized and disqualified from the game. Following each of your previous rule violations, you were warned by me and each of the jointly-appointed officers that future violations would result in escalated accountability measures. However, you have continued to flagrantly abuse rules designated to protect yourself and your opponents from unnecessary risk."

    Burfict's history

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    Vontaze Burfict's season-long suspension for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Jack Doyle is the fourth league-imposed ban of the linebacker's career.

      YEAR GAMES
    PEDs 2018 4
    Illegal hit 2017 3
    Illegal hit 2016 3

    The 29-year-old Burfict received 13 suspensions and fines in seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals before signing with the Raiders as a free agent this offseason. Two of the suspensions were for illegal hits, totaling six games.

    This is Burfict's first season with the Raiders, and he was named a team captain. <------- really your team leader? The Raider way?

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  • flyingfooldougF flyingfooldoug wrote on
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    I get that he won’t get paid. So after he holds up a bank or two in order to make ends meet, will the grudens take him back next year?

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  • OrionO Orion wrote on
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    Well, that was a pretty flagrant and intentional foul.  Based on his past disregard for the protection rules, gone for the year?  I'm good with that.

    I can still see in my mind's eye when Jim McMahon threw an INT against the packers...and then one of the DLinemen grabbed him and slammed him on his head & shoulder.  I remember thinking, "In reality, criminal proceedings should be brought against that guy."  

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  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on
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    They were just discussing this before halftime on MNF, everybody is crucifying Burfict and his hit and history of bad conduct.

    Will anyone else want him next year?  Too toxic?

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  • mjp28M mjp28

    They were just discussing this before halftime on MNF, everybody is crucifying Burfict and his hit and history of bad conduct.

    Will anyone else want him next year?  Too toxic?

    jcam222J jcam222 wrote on
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    @mjp28 said:

    They were just discussing this before halftime on MNF, everybody is crucifying Burfict and his hit and history of bad conduct.

    Will anyone else want him next year?  Too toxic?

    Booger made the point that the coaches that keep putting him on the field are part of the problem. I agree with him. It really also burns my ass to see Burflict laughing as he’s ejected running of the field. He is a friggin psychopath. 

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