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Burfdefect facing 5 game suspension for illegal hit

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Glad to see he's in midseason form getting a suspension from a preseason game takes talent lol
 
oh MR birth defect
you never met a hit that was clean
oh MR birth defect
the biggest tool the NFL has seen

I will be happy to watch your
suspensions grow
as I am sure there is more to come
no reason to think you will stop any time
because you are
really really ******* dumb

oh MR birth defect
those stripes fit you welllll
Oh MR birth defect
how far the team captain
has felllll

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rabid dogs should get shut, the guy must be banned from the game
 
I think the dude sucks, but all he did was knock over a little running back coming into the flat.

I guess that's where the game is headed.
 
paperclip said:
I think the dude sucks, but all he did was knock over a little running back coming into the flat.

I guess that's where the game is headed.
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Yep, there's two sides to every story. Once you get a rep for violence, the magnifying glass comes out.
Ask Deebo.
 
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paperclip said:
I think the dude sucks, but all he did was knock over a little running back coming into the flat.

I guess that's where the game is headed.
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I'm with you on this. Despise the dude, but the RB was within 5 yards and, from what I could tell was a hit to the chest, not the head. Video was blurry, though.
 
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/246090/fair-question-was-vontaze-burficts-hit-legal

In March, the NFL amended its rule book in a way that often goes unnoticed by the majority of fans and media. It added a new qualification for defenseless player protection, part of the league's larger effort to minimize the chances for injury-producing contact.

Rule 12, Section 2, Article 7(a-2) grants protection to "a receiver running a pass route when the defender approaches from the side or behind." In other words, defenders would be limited in the ways they could disrupt route running on a pass play.
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So, for 1st 5 yards, all the receiver has to do is keep head swiveled towards the QB and no one can hit him?
 
I thought he hit him before the ball got there which would have been pass interference. The video didn't clearly show the entire field. I'm one more SB appearance by the Patriots away from never watching the NFL again.
 
ExUSAF said:
I thought he hit him before the ball got there which would have been pass interference. The video didn't clearly show the entire field. I'm one more SB appearance by the Patriots away from never watching the NFL again.
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The ball hadn't even left the QB's hand yet! He pump fakes and then looks down field when the hit occurs. Bottom line is Burfict couldn't resist trying to knock somebody out who wasn't even involved in the play. Where the hit occurred is irrelevant IMO. He took a free shot on a guy completely away from the play. Cry me a river. He's a piece of garbage.
 
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I haven't seen the actual footage, but everything I've heard on sports talk radio is that it was within 5 yd's of the line of scrimmage. That is fair game for hitting a receiver. When I played, we were coached to blow up any back or tight end who was coming into the middle like that. If it wasn't to the head, I don't see anything wrong with it.
 
Steel Chooch said:
I haven't seen the actual footage, but everything I've heard on sports talk radio is that it was within 5 yd's of the line of scrimmage. That is fair game for hitting a receiver. When I played, we were coached to blow up any back or tight end who was coming into the middle like that. If it wasn't to the head, I don't see anything wrong with it.
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You were coached to hit somebody like that when the QB is sitting in the pocket holding the ball? Somehow I doubt that.
 
I don't think has to do with defenseless receiver. As the ESPN article updates:

Independent of the defenseless player rule, the NFL prohibits "unnecessarily running, diving into, cutting, or throwing the body against or on a player who (1) is out of the play or (2) should not have reasonably anticipated such contact by an opponent, before or after the ball is dead."

I do not agree the "pump fake" (which I don't really see, I see a QB patting the ball) brought this receiver into play. I also think the ball was out of his hand before contact and on a clear trajectory off the play.

To me, it was a cheap shot. Has nothing to do with receiver, defenseless receiver or whether it was within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage.

I mean, I don't remember any ability of defenders in zone coverage to just light up short crossing patterns at any time with shoulder hits like this regardless of what the QB is doing. I understand press coverage. I understand trying to get your hands on someone early in the route. I don't think you can wait until a player is in his route and just because it's across the field and within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage you can hit him like that with or without the ball in the air or at any time.

I mean if that's the case, defenders could just tackle most of Patriot's receivers at any time.
 
If you watch the play, you can see that Burfict purposefully and without reason blasts the running back. It's exactly the kind of thing the league is watching him for. He's already gotten into trouble at his own camp for hitting a RB coming back from knee surgery. The guy is dumb as a box of rocks. He simply can't be trusted NOT to do the dumbest thing possible at the worst possible moment.
 
It might or might not be illegal based on the ridiculous rule book but even if legal it was intentionally dirty. It was above and beyond what the situation called for. I understand back in the day crap but we now know the consequences of that **** and stuff like this has got to go.
 
He'll get himself suspended for the rest of the year when he finally gets back on the field.
 
Hines57 said:
Not surprised. He's a reckless piece of ****.
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I agree. He's reckless as ****. His history of cheap hits are being monitored now. Shame, the guy could be talented
 
I don't care how innocent the hit looked, the guy is a long-time cheap shot artist and always is taking liberties at guys after the play. The guy should have a longer suspension for his intent to injure.
 
Variation of the Hines rule? Guy never saw it coming.

I honestly think this piece of **** can't be taught. I mean he lost about $800,000 last year for cheap shots.
I believe the only thing that will stop him is when he's permanently banned, and can't be certain even then.
Yep, box of rocks.
 
paperclip said:
I think the dude sucks, but all he did was knock over a little running back coming into the flat.

I guess that's where the game is headed.
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He didn't just hit him, he blasted him and his helmet hit the dudes facemask.

ark steel said:
I'm with you on this. Despise the dude, but the RB was within 5 yards and, from what I could tell was a hit to the chest, not the head. Video was blurry, though.
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Within five yards to CONTACT a WR, meaning jam, push, try to re-route, not flat out take him out.

Steel Chooch said:
I haven't seen the actual footage, but everything I've heard on sports talk radio is that it was within 5 yd's of the line of scrimmage. That is fair game for hitting a receiver. When I played, we were coached to blow up any back or tight end who was coming into the middle like that. If it wasn't to the head, I don't see anything wrong with it.
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Shouldn't be making statements about what you see wrong or right about something if you haven't actually SEEN it.

deljzc said:
I don't think has to do with defenseless receiver. As the ESPN article updates:

Independent of the defenseless player rule, the NFL prohibits "unnecessarily running, diving into, cutting, or throwing the body against or on a player who (1) is out of the play or (2) should not have reasonably anticipated such contact by an opponent, before or after the ball is dead."

I do not agree the "pump fake" (which I don't really see, I see a QB patting the ball) brought this receiver into play. I also think the ball was out of his hand before contact and on a clear trajectory off the play.

To me, it was a cheap shot. Has nothing to do with receiver, defenseless receiver or whether it was within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage.

I mean, I don't remember any ability of defenders in zone coverage to just light up short crossing patterns at any time with shoulder hits like this regardless of what the QB is doing. I understand press coverage. I understand trying to get your hands on someone early in the route. I don't think you can wait until a player is in his route and just because it's across the field and within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage you can hit him like that with or without the ball in the air or at any time.

I mean if that's the case, defenders could just tackle most of Patriot's receivers at any time.
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This...

It was up in the head/neck area of the receiver, it was intentional and unnecessary
 
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