NFL; Burfict Suspended For Remainder Of The Season

UNDATED (AP) – The NFL has run out of patience with Vontaze Burfict and his overly-aggressive hits.  The Oakland Raiders linebacker has been suspended for the remainder of the season by the league for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis tight end Jack Doyle. The hit came in the first half of Sunday’s 31-24 victory over the Colts.  Burfict will miss the final 12 games of the season and any playoff games for “repeated violations of unnecessary roughness rules.” He has been suspended three times in his career for hits violating the league’s player safety rules.  Burfict had served two three-game suspensions already in his career and had been warned about severe punishment for future infractions.