Vontaze Burfict isn't afraid to point the finger at others when it comes to some of his own bad behavior on the football field. After all, he still made claims last December that Antonio Brown had "faked" his concussion suffered against the Bengals at the hands of Burfict in the playoffs the year before.
Now, Burfict apparently is blaming a four-game suspension he received last week from the NFL for testing positive for a banned substance on (who else?) the Steelers. More specifically, he's blaming JuJu Smith-Schuster.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Burfict is arguing he tested positive for a banned substance that was prescribed for him by a doctor to help him recover from a concussion he suffered from a Dec. 4 hit from Smith-Schuster that got the rookie receiver suspended for a week. He also said he suffered an sprain in the AC joint in his shoulder a few weeks later that helped lead to the prescription.
Of course, what Burfict doesn't explain is why a doctor would prescribe him a substance that is banned by the NFL.
Smith-Schuster had the expected response to Burfict's claims:
Lol you can’t be serious ?? https://t.co/hYZeZ2OzfF
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) March 17, 2018
That dude Burfict been on too much Slurp Juice and now tryna blame me ??
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) March 17, 2018
We'll see if his latest excuse holds water with the league. Burfict has already been fined more than $300,000 by the league and suspended in both 2016 and 2017 for other infractions in his career.