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Originally Posted by Gravedigger
I can understand the rule of hitting a man while he's not looking and has no connection to the play, but five games is way too harsh. I know it's a new rule that they're trying to enforce more harshly but if the roles were reversed and that was one of our guys, I would expect a fine and at worst a one game suspension. Even with a history of hitting I would expect max two to three games, but almost a third of the season is a little extreme.
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I think 3 games would be reasonable, but this Bengals PR drive today may make that kind of success on appeal less likely.
Maybe 4 games after appeal. Burfict is claiming to have done nothing wrong even though the play has been deemed illegal by the league.
Bengals' factual claims are weak about players in front of each other and whatever.
Bengals seem to be arguing that it was a technically "legal" malicious hit. Sorry, ball was in the air and Burfict was not playing the ball. You can only knock down potential receivers within 5 yds of LOS if ball is in QBs hand.