Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict is the perfect villain. That's what I hear, and when I turn on the tape, I can understand why. Just look at how he knocked out Antonio Brown in the AFC wild-card game last season.
You can't have that hit. Shoulder pad to the helmet at the worst possible time. The resulting penalty cost the Bengals a playoff win and contributed to Burfict landing a three-game suspension to start this season for repeated violations of player safety rules.
No one knows Burfict's intent on that particular hit.