The convention wisdom going into the game was that Burfict wouldn’t play much more than 10-15 snaps since he had only full practice after getting cleared from January’s micro fracture knee surgery.
Rookie linebacker P.J. Dawson sat for the first time this year to make room for Burfict, which likely meant Vincent Rey, the starter in Burfict’s spot, would be asked to take the bulk of Dawson’s special teams snaps.
Other than that the inactive list pretty much looked like it has the rest of the year: cornerback Chris Lewis-Harris, wide receiver Mario Alford, tight end C.