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How is that guy still allowed to play in the league.
Burfict suspended for the rest of the season.
Raiders' Vontaze Burfict suspended for rest of season
Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been suspended for the rest of the season following his helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle, the league announced.
Vontaze Burfict's latest on-field incident will cost him the rest of the season.
The Oakland Raiders linebacker has been suspended for the rest of the season following his helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle, the league announced Monday.
Burfict was ejected from the Raiders' 31-24 win over the Colts for lowering the helmet to make contact on the hit early in the second quarter.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Burfict will appeal his suspension.
The discipline marks the longest punishment ever handed down for an on-field act in NFL history. Given Burfict's reputation as a repeat violator of player safety rules, a lengthy ban shouldn't come as a surprise.
NFL VP of football operations Jon Runyan said in a league release that Burfict was suspended for lowering his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent, and for repeat violations of unnecessary roughness rules.
"There were no mitigating circumstances on this play," Runyan said in his letter to Burfict. "Your contact was unnecessary, flagrant and should have been avoided. For your actions, you were penalized and disqualified from the game.
