Bengals LB Vontaze Burfict Fined For Hit On Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger

[Mojouw]

And remember when Hines Ward was called a dirty player?

This guy is just a dirtball. Where is the veteran leadership on the Bengals? Where are the coaches and players telling Burfict that this is not how it is done? Oh. Wait. That's right. He is their best player on defense and they run their defense around him.

Sames story, different piece of crap with this franchise. Lewis has always let the inmates run the asylum. But you know who is a terrible coach and something about ping pong tables....

[steel striker]

Burfict is a POS and, I'm glad he got fined. Like it was mentioned he should have gotten one game suspension as well. Repeat offender??

[BigNastyDefense]

Glad he was fined, but he should have also been suspended.

Between the ankle twisting incidents last year, his crossing the 50 during warm ups to start shit, his personal foul penalties and the blatant attempt to injure Big Ben on Sunday...he's got enough history to get suspended. I mean, that's why Harrison faced a one game suspension, for his history.

[fansince'76]

I mean, that's why Harrison faced a one game suspension, for his history.

More for saying what he thinks of Goodell and actually having the guts to own his comments publicly. Most of the players in the league hate his guts, but Harrison's about the only one I've seen that has expressed his opinion of the guy to the media without requesting anonymity.

[ALLD]

His fines should also have a rider that he automatically gets ejected on the next PF and suspended the next game. Trying to intentionally injure somebody is not part of the game. You can hurt them, but you can't injure them.

[hawaiiansteeler]

Steelers, Bengals combine for $138K in fines

By Mark Kaboly and Chris Adamski
Friday, Dec. 18, 2015

A number of players on both sides of last week's Steelers-Bengals game refereed to it as chippy.

It also proved to be quite expensive.

The NFL handed out nine total fines to seven players for a total of $138,906 — headed by Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who was fined for three separate altercations, none of which included the pregame scuffle.

Burfict was fined a total of $69,454 for a facemask, unnecessary roughness and roughing the passer. Burfict was not penalized for hitting Ben Roethlisberger low during a first-quarter completion, but he was fined for it.

Also fined were five Steelers for a total of $57,876:

• Mike Mitchell ($23,152) for a hit on a defenseless player (Tyler Eifert).

• Antonio Brown ($8,681) for an illegal crack back block.

• David DeCastro ($8,681) for a facemask.

• Brandon Boykin ($8,681) for unsportsmanlike conduct (group demonstration).

• William Gay ($8,681) for unsportsmanlike conduct (group demonstration).

Bengals wide receiver AJ Green also was fined $11,576 for punting the ball into the stands following a touchdown.

http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/...#ixzz3uifoixHg