The scariest thing about the whole Vontaze Burfict situation might be how the Cincinnati Bengals organization enables the linebacker's dirty and violent game.

The player with the worst reputation in the league has come under a lot of scrutiny once again, after delivering a blow on Antonio Brown’s head during Sunday’s game between the Bengals and the Steelers. A hit that looks a lot like one that ended up concussing the wide receiver himself during the 2016 playoffs. Luckily, this time the Steelers player was out of the game only for a few plays to be evaluated by the medical staff. However, this illegal hit was not called a penalty during the game, and according to multiple reports, even though the NFL is reviewing the play Burfict is not expected to be suspended.

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The fact that the league may not suspend nor fine the Bengals’ player for his actions triggered a lot of criticism to the National Football League for not condemning this type of dirty plays.

The former Cleveland Browns tackle and NFL Network contributor Joe Thomas said that Burfict should be suspended for the rest of the season because nothing else has gotten through to him. The former NFL safety Louis Riddick pointed out that the linebacker has shown a pattern of behavior that is indicative of someone who doesn’t respect other players; so, he doesn’t understand why he hasn’t been suspended for a significant amount of time, especially in a time where the league is constantly talking about players safety.

Sports Illustrated’s Robert Klemko didn’t limit himself to just words and tweeted a montage of some of Burfict’s dirtiest plays throughout his professional career – it’s important to emphasize in the term professional, because, of course, the defender has been playing a dirty game since College.

Burfict has earned his reputation as the dirtiest football player not for being the type of defender who plays rough and tries to set the tone for anybody who dares to go to the middle of the field, but for intentionally trying to hurt fellow players. In 2014, during a game against the Carolina Panthers, the number 55 was fined for twisting not one players’ ankle but two players' — quarterback Cam Newton and tight end Greg Olsen. After a game between the Steelers and the Bengals in 2015, the 28-year-old defender was fined due to two unnecessary roughness penalties and a hit low on Ben Roethlisberger, being the latter the one who drew the most attention since it looks like Vontaze advisedly tried to injury Ben going for his legs.

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And Burfict doesn't get fined or suspended only due to cheap shots, but for things like flipping double fingers to the Buffalo crowd and making contact with an official as well. He has missed the start of the season for the last three seasons. This year’s was due to a violation of the league's performance-enhancing drug policy. According to Adam Stites from SBNation, Burfict has piled up more than $4 million in career fines and forfeited pay.

Nevertheless, the ridiculous number of times that Vontaze has been dirty on the field it’s not the most concerning thing, but how this unsportsmanlike conduct seems to be accepted in the whole organization of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis has never made a statement indicating any type of concern on his player's dirty game, on the contrary, it seems that the coach enables it.

“Everybody makes comments on everything No. 55 does,” Lewis said when asked about last week’s Burfict hit on Antonio Brown. “They don’t comment on anything anybody else does. Let’s just leave it at that.”

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In 2017, after Burfict delivered a cheap shot on Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman during a Bengals preseason game which earned him a five-game suspension—later reduced to three games after an appeal—coach Lewis declared that the play was within the rules.

"Sometimes in interpretation things got lost, and hopefully Vontaze will prevail," Lewis said.

And it’s clear that as a coach you’re not going to throw your players under the bus. Players need to know that coaches have their backs. But after Burfict being caught so many times playing dirty, if you as a team’s leader come out and just reproach the journalists for asking about a hit that could’ve hurt another player, you are clearly allowing this violent game.

And when not only the coach but Burfict's teammates stand up for him as well, it forces you to think even more that this type of mentality is permitted in the Cincinnati franchise.

“We have to see what they call,” Bengals’ Cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick said about his teammate blow on Sunday. “The dude just plays football. I don’t think that was intentional. I didn’t even see it. He just plays football. They have to relax a little bit and give him a chance.”

If the league doesn’t do something to stop Burfict’s dirty and violent game, it’s just a matter of time until he delivers a dirty blow that ends someone’s career. Besides, the NFL cannot be this incoherent, implementing rules to protect the player and not take action on this matter. And clearly a 2-3-4-game suspension it´s not the answer here.

NFL analyst Mark Schlereth suggested a solution to put an end to this unsportsmanlike mentality.

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