Update:
The NFL announced Monday that they have, in fact, suspended Raiders LB Vontaze Burfict for the remainder of the season for his hit on Colts TE Jack Doyle.
Vontaze Burfict suspended for remainder of 2019 season for violations of unnecessary roughness rules. pic.twitter.com/oSMl2iSRNW
— Michael Signora (@NFLfootballinfo) September 30, 2019
Chris Mortensen reports that Raiders LB Vontaze Burfict is facing a season-long suspension for his hit on Colts TE Jack Doyle.
However, his history of on-the-field incidents that have led to suspensions is why this punishment is so severe.
Burfict delivered a vicious helmet-to-helmet hit to Doyle during Sunday’s game that led to his ejection from the game.
Burfict, 29, wound up signing on with the Bengals as an undrafted free agent out of Arizona State back in 2012. He was in the final year of his four-year, $20 million contract when the Bengals signed him to a three-year $38.68M extension last year.
Burfict was set to make base salaries of $5 million (2019), and $6.18 million (2020) over the remainder of the contract when the Bengals cut him during the offseason. He later signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Raiders.
In 2019, Burfict has appeared in four games and recorded 18 tackles and a pass defense.
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