He might be their defensive captain, but for Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, he is not going to allow his team to be held back by the suspension of inside linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who received the four-game banishment for violating the personal conduct policy for performance-enhancing substances.
This is the third suspension of Burfict’s career, for the third consecutive season, but this was the first one for something that he did off the field rather than on it. The seventh-year veteran has been a strong presence on the field for the Bengals, but has proven to be a problem as well.