Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict not suspended for hit against Browns

Four plays into Sunday’s 30-16 victory over the Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was flagged for unnecessary roughness for hitting a defenseless wide receiver.

On Monday, The Enquirer learned the linebacker will not be suspended for the play although it will be reviewed for a potential fine.

On the play, Browns quarterback DeShone Kizer rolled to his right and eventually scrambled down the right sideline. Wide receiver Corey Coleman dragged across the middle of the field to the left side of the play – away from the action – and Burfict hit him in the shoulder and knocked him to the ground.

It was Burfict’s second unnecessary roughness penalty of the season.

He has also been ejected from a game, but not fined, for making contact with an official in Tennessee and fined, but not flagged, for unsportsmanlike conduct in Pittsburgh for kicking at Steelers fullback Roosevelt Nix.