Doc's Morning Line: Can Cincinnati Bengals' Vontaze Burfict play within NFL's new rules?

Andy Dalton on beating the Falcons in the final seconds. Cincinnati Enquirer

We might find out later today what plans Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis has this Sunday for Vontaze Burfict. We know already what plans the NFL has for him.

Burfict is coming off a four-game suspension for PED use. He’ll return to a league that would like to legislate guys like him out of professional existence. From stepping on a head to twisting ankles to diving at Ben R’s legs to decapitating Antonio Brown, Burfict is not the face the NFL wants to include in the new world of what some might call quasi-flag football.

Don’t think the league won’t be looking.

I used to think asking Burfict to play with less…