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Monday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals featured a number of eye-popping hits, and two of them have resulted in suspensions. The NFL announced on Tuesday that Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Bengals …
Monday night’s game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers featured no shortage of hard hits, but one from Juju Smith-Schuster on Vontaze Burfict may have outdone them all. The Steelers wide receiver absolutely destroyed Burfict …
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict is on board with the belief that he’s a target of referee provocation. Burfict said Friday that he feels referees are trying to get a rise out of him, and said he has to stop himself from letting …
Vontaze Burfict has a reputation for committing dirty plays and racking up personal fouls, but one of his teammates feels the linebacker has been treated unfairly by NFL officials in recent weeks. A Cincinnati Bengals player who chose to remain …
Vontaze Burfict was ejected from Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans after he picked up two personal fouls, but the Cincinnati Bengals linebacker is not expected to face a suspension. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports that Burfict …
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict is known for taking cheap shots at opposing players, but it was a physical interaction with an official that will likely result in his latest fine and/or suspension. In the first half of his team’s …
The Cincinnati Bengals defense does not appear to have much respect for Blake Bortles. Linebacker Vontaze Burfict made Cincinnati’s gameplan for their matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars clear — try to bottle up running back Leonard …
Vontaze Burfict backed his teammate Joe Mixon after finding out about Le’Veon Bell’s criticism of the Bengals running back. Burfict was informed after the Bengals’ win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday about Bell jabbing Mixon …
Vontaze Burfict is up to his same old dirty tricks. Though the Cincinnati Bengals linebacker wasn’t committing a dirty play against an opponent on Sunday unlike in Week 7, he still showed some pretty poor behavior while facing the Indianapolis …
Vontaze Burfict was fined as expected for kicking at the facemask of Roosevelt Nix during last weekend’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals game. Burfict was caught doing the kick a few plays into the game and was fined just over $12,000 by …
Vontaze Burfict’s latest dirty play against the Steelers is not sitting well with many of Pittsburgh’s players. Burfict was seen kicking Steelers fullback Roosevelt Nix in the face early in the Cincinnati Bengals’ loss to their …
NFL Week 7 offered another nasty spate of injuries, a few blowouts, and some remarkable performances by numerous players. As usual, though, there were a good number of players who didn’t really show up when their teams needed them to. Be it an …
Vontaze Burfict wasted no time committing a dirty play against the rival Pittsburgh Steelers. Just two plays into Sunday’s game between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, the Bengals linebacker was seen kicking Steelers fullback Roosevelt Nix in the …
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict got some good news on Wednesday. According to ESPN’s Josina Anderson, Burfict’s five-game suspension has been reduced to three on appeal. Breaking: I'm told that Vontaze Burfict's …
Vontaze Burfict has once again found himself in hot water with the NFL, but head coach Marvin Lewis insists Burfict is a different man. The Bengals linebacker is facing a five-game suspension for a hit on Chiefs running back Anthony Sherman. While …
Vontaze Burfict is facing yet another suspension for an illegal hit, and the Cincinnati Bengals linebacker is furious with the NFL over it. Burfict, who is on the verge of being banned for the first five games of the season for a hit on Kansas City …
