Vontaze Burfict rips NFL, says opponent told him hit was legal#CDBJ

Vontaze Burfict rips NFL, says opponent told him hit was legal Vontaze Burfict is facing yet another suspension for an illegal hit, and the Cincinnati Bengals linebacker is furious with the NFL over it. Burfict, who is on the verge of being banned for the first five games of the season for a hit on Kansas City Chiefs running back Anthony Sherman, ripped the league and NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan in a text to ESPNs Josina Anderson. Sherman wasnt the intended receiver on the play where Burfict hit him, but Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith pump-faked and drew Burfict in. A hit no longer has to involve contact to the head and shoulders area to be considered illegal, though Burfict insists Sherman had no issue with it. I hit him in the shoulder, Burfict said, via the Bengals official website.