Can Jim Haslett smooth out the Vontaze Burfict roller coaster?

CINCINNATI -- Age, maturity and a modern-day media landscape where it's easy for over-hyping to occur may be the root causes of Vontaze Burfict's string of fine-earning offenses, new Cincinnati Bengals linebackers coach Jim Haslett believes.

In a conference call with Bengals reporters Friday, Haslett emphasized his hope for helping Burfict work through a few dramas that have settled around him in recent years, and figuring out ways to get him to be an even better overall player.

In other words, it's Haslett's desire to drive the Burfict roller coaster, smoothing out the loops and dips and drops along the way.

"The stuff that comes off the field, that comes with age," said Haslett, who admitted…