This why the Bengals think linebacker Vontaze Burfict can help them even if he plays only the key snaps in his return to the middle of their defense Thursday night (8:25-Cincinnati’s Channel 12 and NFL Network) against the Dolphins at Paul Brown Stadium.
This is why they think Burfict simply makes them better by simply putting on the radio helmet and ferrying defensive coordinator Paul Guenther’s plan to the huddle.
And it’s got nothing to do with his relentless sideline-to-sideline production. Or his old-school ferocity that has their head on a swivel everywhere from his teammates to rest of the AFC North to Park Avenue.