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Should Bengals move on from Vontaze Burfict following 3rd suspension in 3 years?

Vontaze Burfict is currently staring down a possible four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance enhancing drug policy. He is going to attempt to appeal the suspension, but if he doesn’t win then the Bengals may have an easy way out of the contract with the often-troubled linebacker.

If #Bengals LB Vontaze Burfict loses his appeal of a 4-game suspension, the guarantees in his 3-year, $33M contract will void. That’s nearly $11.3M. Which means Cincy can move on if they want to.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 16, 2018

According to Ian Rapoport, if Burfict loses his appeal, $11.