BURFICT FINED FOR DIRTY HITS AGAINST STEELERS

Bengals Linebacker Vontaze Burfict was fined by the NFL $112,000 for what they called “multiple plays that constituted unnecessary roughness during the Steelers game against Cincinatti last week.  This included a hit to Antonio Brown’s head using his elbow and an attempted hit to the head of running back James Conner.  Ben Roethesberger has also accused Burfict of threatening Juju Smith-Shuster after the hit to Antonio Brown.