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Former Raider blasts Vontaze Burfict suspension because football is ‘war’

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Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict is quite the talking point these days.

His season-ending suspension for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle on Sunday has inspired rhetoric from all corners of the goober gallery.

Says ESPN’s Mike Greenberg, “I’m not sure if it would be overstating it to say, ‘That should be the last snap he is ever allowed on a professional football field.'”

That’s a mighty harsh judgment. Keep in mind, however, that Greenberg bills himself, “The world’s foremost authority on all matters.