- Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict is eligible to play this week against the Cleveland Browns, as his three-game suspension is complete. Burfict was issued a five-game suspension due to a hit on Kansas City Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman this preseason, but later had the suspension reduced to three games on appeal.
- Burfict should be a welcome addition to the Bengals linebacking core, as he is projected to replace Nick Vigil, whose overall grade of 40.6 ranks 72nd out of 87 qualifying linebackers.
- Burfict boasted the third-highest run-stop percentage (percentage of plays against the run where a defender records a tackle resulting in a defensive stop) among 28 qualifying 4-3 outside linebackers last year with a 10.2. His overall grade of 87.1 was the second-highest grade among all AFC linebackers.
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