This aside, I never said word one about the refs missing the call. Refs miss calls all the time. I'm complaining that Burfict is a dirty player that is out there intentionally trying to injure people. I know he's done it to more than just Steelers, I just only watch Cincy games when they're playing Pittsburgh, so that's when I see it first hand. I'm saying the NFL should sit him down for an extended period of time. Steelers don't play Cincy again until week 17, so it likely wouldn't affect my team either way. But it's the only way he'll ever stop (and even that hasn't been enough so far.)
I'm worried about the future of tackle football, period. When the CTE suits start coming (and they ARE coming..), it's going to decimate the NFL. The headhunting has to stop, these guys are way too big and too fast to be popping one another in the head. Now that we know about the danger of concussions and the horrific after-effects of CTE, the league needs to be trying to do whatever it can to legislate head shots out of the game. Horrific injuries are going to happen even when dirty play isn't involved (Shazier) - they need to stop people from intentionally trying to concuss other players. That's very clearly what Burfict was doing here and by not suspending him, they're granting tacit approval of his play. That's dangerous.