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-​It has been a long time coming but Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict has officially been suspended for the 2019-2020 season after a late helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle.

If the suspension is upheld, Burfict will have been suspended a total of twenty-two games, dating back to 2012, when Burfict entered the league as an un-drafted free agent with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The first thing that comes to mind with Burfict, dirty player! Now, the league has gone a bit soft but whenever it comes to a helmet-to-helmet hit, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, otherwise known as CTE, gets thrown around.

Now, I personally do not mind the suspension. The league needed to make an example out of someone and that player just happened to be Burfict.

Now, let us take a stroll down memory lane and a few of the hits that landed Burfict in hot water. In the closing seconds of the 2016 wild card match-up against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Antonio Brown ran a route to the middle of the field, only to end up with a concussion by Burfict. The hit would put the Steelers into field goal range ultimately winning the game. Maybe that is what caused Brown's unorthodox behavior in the subsequent seasons.

During a preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2017 season, Burfict was suspended three games for a hit on a defenseless receiver, fullback Anthony Sherman.
Burfict has also hit a player in the groin, stepped on a running back, twisted ankles, dove at the knees of a quarterback and flipped the bird to Buffalo Bills fans. Not to mention a suspension regarding performance-enhancing drugs.

According to the New York Post, with all of his antics, including suspensions, Burfict has lost a total of $5,355,649.

Whether Burfict wins his appeal, or returns next year, he will be closely kept an eye on because when it is all set and done, Burfict no doubt, will go down as one of the dirtiest players to play the game.

AFC North:
​Baltimore Ravens 2-1-0 (.667) 
Cleveland Browns 1-2-0 (.333)
Cincinnati Bengals 0-3-0 (.000)
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-3-0 (.000)

AFC East:
Buffalo Bills 3-0-0 (1.000)
New England Patriots (1.000)
Miami Dolphins 0-3-0 (.000)
New York Jets 0-3-0 (.000)

AFC South:
Houston Texans 2-1-0 (.667)
Indianapolis Colts 2-1-0 (.667)
Jacksonville Jaguars 1-2-0 (.333)
Tennessee Titans 1-2-0 (.333)

AFC West:
Kansas City Chiefs 3-0-0 (1.000)
Oakland Raiders 1-2-0 (.333)
Los Angeles Chargers 1-2-0 (.333)
Denver Broncos 0-3-0 (.000)

NFC North:
Green Bay Packers 3-0-0 (1.000)
Detroit Lions 2-0-1 (.833)
Minnesota Vikings 2-1-0 (.667)
Chicago Bears 2-1-0 (.667)

NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys 3-0-0 (1.000)
Philadelphia Eagles 1-2-0 (.333)
New York Giants 1-2-0 (.333)
Washington Redskins 0-3-0 (.000)

NFC South:
New Orleans Saints 2-1-0 (.667)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1-2-0 (.333)
Atlanta Falcons 1-2-0 (.333)
Carolina Panthers 1-2-0 (.333)

NFC West:
Los Angeles Rams 3-0-0 (1.000)
San Francisco 49ers 3-0-0 (1.000)
Seattle Seahawks 2-1-0 (.667)
​Arizona Cardinals 0-2-1 (.167)

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Dre's Preseason Division Standing:                               Ju'Ju's Pre-Season Division Standings:
NFC North from Episode 1 (Recorded Thursday, August 1, 2019)
1. Minnesota Vikings (10-6)                                                 1. Minnesota Vikings (9-7)
2. Chicago Bears (9-7)                                                           2. Chicago Bears (7-9)
3. Green Bay Packers (8-8)                                                  3. Detroit Lions (7-9)
4. Detroit Lions (7-9)                                                                4. Green Bay Packers (6-10)

NFC East from Episode 2 (Recorded Thursday, August 8, 2019)
1. Philadelphia Eagles (11-5)                                                1. Philadelphia Eagles (13-3)
2. Dallas Cowboys (10-6)                                                        2. Dallas Cowboys (11-5)
3. Washington Redskins (6-10)                                            3. Washington Redskins (5-11)
4. New York Giants (4-12)                                                       4. New York Giants (3-13)

NFC South from Episode 5 (Recorded Friday, August 16 2019)
1. New Orleans Saints (11-5)                                                 1. New Orleans Saints (11-5)
2. Atlanta Falcons (9-7)                                                            2. Atlanta Falcons (10-6)
3. Carolina Panthers (8-8)                                                       3. Carolina Panthers (8-8)
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-10)                                        4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-11)

NFC West from Episode 4 (Recorded Wednesday, August 21, 2019)
1. Los Angeles Rams (12-4)                                                    1. Los Angeles Rams (10-6)
2. Seattle Seahawks (8-8)                                                        2. San Francisco 49ers (9-7)
3. San Francisco 49ers (6-10)                                                3. Seattle Seahawks (8-8)
4. Arizona Cardinals (3-13)                                                      4. Arizona Cardinals (3-13)

AFC North from Episode 1 (Recorded Thursday, August 1, 2019)
1. Cleveland Browns (10-6)                                                      1. Cleveland Browns (11-5)
2. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7)                                                       2. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6)
3. Baltimore Ravens (6-10)                                                       3. Baltimore Ravens (6-10)
4. Cincinnati Bengals (4-12)                                                     4. Cincinnati Bengals (4-12)

AFC East from Episode 2 (Recorded Thursday, August 8, 2019)
1. New England Patriots (12-4)                                               1. New England Patriots (10-6)
2. Buffalo Bills (8-8)                                                                       2. Buffalo Bills (9-7)
3. New York Jets (6-10)                                                               3. New York Jets (6-10)
4. Miami Dolphins (2-14)                                                             4. Miami Dolphins (2-14)

AFC South from Episode 5 (Recorded Friday, August 30, 2019)
1. Houston Texans (12-4)                                                           1. Houston Texans (12-4)
2. Tennessee Titans (9-7)                                                           2. Jacksonville Jaguars (10-6)
3. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-10)                                                 3. Tennessee Titans (7-9)
4. Indianapolis Colts (6-10)                                                        4. Indianapolis Colts (4-12)

AFC West from Episode 4 (Recorded Wednesday, August 21, 2019)
1. Kansas City Chiefs (11-5)                                                        1. Kansas City Chiefs (14-2) 
2. Los Angeles Chargers (10-6)                                                 2. Los Angeles Chargers (11-5)
3. Denver Broncos (8-8)                                                                3. Oakland Raiders (6-10)
4. Oakland Raiders (6-10)                                                            4. Denver Broncos (5-11)
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