The wait for linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s return to the field will go on a little longer.
The Bengals announced Tuesday that Burfict has been placed on the physically unable to perform list. Burfict had microfracture surgery in January after last year’s season-ending knee surgery and Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said in May that he expected the linebacker to rehab all the way through the summer, so it’s not an unexpected move.
Cincinnati added A.J. Hawk as a free agent this offseason and he worked with the first team in Burfict’s place during spring work.