He was trying to take him out. Clear as day. I don't know what hit what, but that was head hunting defined. He should be on the sidelines for that hit.
That's the way I saw it too. Plus Burfict has a history of taking cheap shots on guys.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.He was trying to take him out. Clear as day. I don't know what hit what, but that was head hunting defined. He should be on the sidelines for that hit.
That's the way I saw it too. Plus Burfict has a history of taking cheap shots on guys.
I think 1-2 games but he should be unemployed.
That was a late hit targeting his head. There is no contact with Brown's torso whatsoever.Oh nonsense. It was mostly a shoulder to shoulder hit. Notice that after they figured out that if they should the reverse angle where you could see what actually happened, they stopped showing it. Deion called it out on the postgame.
It shouldn't be any, but seeing as how it's the chickenshit NFL, they'll give him a game to cover their asses.
Why? He's fulfilling his job description very well: intimidate other players into poorer play using methods that include as much violence as you can get away with within the rules. If that means an occasional penalty for crossing the lines, that's fine, too.
Let's not be naive. This is what we support when we support the NFL.
We fans can sit back and use terms like "thugs" to make ourselves feel better though creating artificial distance, but that's all self delusion.
You're misrepresenting what an NFL player's job description is in order to support your own viewpoint. What Burfit did is not acceptable. The fine and suspension will make that clear.
That was a late hit targeting his head. There is no contact with Brown's torso whatsoever.
Oh, I'm sure he'll be fined, and perhaps suspended. That's all part of the League marketing and need to maintain some degree of order.
But he won't be asked to perform differently by his team. His job description will remain the same.
Everybody knows the air pressure in a football that the QB may or may not have ordered be manipulated by The Deflator is above everything on and off the field. The integrity of the game is far too important for our great commissioner, even when players are going WWE on their wives, record-holding QB's are taking HGH (and being protected by the media) and guys in the league (Burfict, Beckham Jr.) are spearing players with their helmets . . . which, by the way, is a 15 yard penalty while phantom pass interference calls (and real ones) are spot fouls. Yeah, because those are more egregious than spearing another player with your helmet.Whoa easy there, it's not like he was generally aware of some air missing from a football. All he did was try to maim another human being.
$50 fine and an e-mail apology to Brown is what the punishment should be.
Oh nonsense. It was mostly a shoulder to shoulder hit. Notice that after they figured out that if they should the reverse angle where you could see what actually happened, they stopped showing it. Deion called it out on the postgame.
It shouldn't be any, but seeing as how it's the chickenshit NFL, they'll give him a game to cover their asses.
The pass was incomplete the hit was very late and totally unnecessary. Undisciplined play costing your team the game after you made a play that should have won the game.
The penalty on Jones is interesting I thought it should have been offsetting or no penalty at all. Porter was a PoS when he was a player and still is apparently. He didn't belong on thei field agitating, surprised the refs ignored his rule breaking. That said Jones again after making a big play earlier put the Steelers in chip shot range with his lack of composure.
There is a reason they are the Bungles. The head coach is ultimately responsible for the actions of his team on a week to week basis. I can't imagine a BB coached team being this out of control.
The one good thing is the tape it gives BB to show his team the results of being undisciplined.
I don't totally agree. Jones flag should not have been thrown at all in the end of a playoff game. It was a ****ing gift win to the Steelers. The Burfict hit was flagrant and it just sucks that a playoff game gets decided like that. Ben was not going to win that game for them. Now the Broncos have a layup.That's probably the first game this year that was decided by penalties, yet wasn't the refs fault, but entirely the players fault.
That was a disgrace. Burfict and Pacman Jones are disgraces to the sport. Once thugs, always thugs.
Even worse I think NFL refs revel in moments like that, when their actions decide the outcome. They should be as invisible as possible. Refs suckThat's probably the first game this year that was decided by penalties, yet wasn't the refs fault, but entirely the players fault.
That was a disgrace. Burfict and Pacman Jones are disgraces to the sport. Once thugs, always thugs.