{"id":851374,"date":"2018-10-16T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T22:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=851374"},"modified":"2018-10-16T18:43:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T22:43:05","slug":"ben-roethlisberger-claims-vontaze-burfict-threatened-to-hurt-juju-smith-schuster-during-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/ben-roethlisberger-claims-vontaze-burfict-threatened-to-hurt-juju-smith-schuster-during-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Roethlisberger claims Vontaze Burfict threatened to hurt JuJu Smith-Schuster during game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Games between the Steelers and Bengals will always get chippy, as long as Vontaze Burfict lines up in the middle of Cincinnati’s defense.<\/p>\n

Burfict has been known to put a number of cheap shots on Steelers players over the years, including this one on Antonio Brown<\/a> in last Sunday’s game.<\/p>\n

And Brown apparently wasn’t the only player he was targeting, according to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Big Ben claimed that Burfict threatened to hurt receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster as well.<\/p>\n

“When he hits (Antonio Brown) and knocks AB and his (own) guy out, that very next play… he’s standing there, points to JuJu and says ‘You’re next,'” Roethlisberger said<\/a>,\u00a0via NFL.com. “To me that’s completely uncalled for and that’s where I think I had the biggest issue.”<\/p>\n

Here’s the play Big Ben was referencing.<\/p>\n

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This is the play Ben Roethlisberger claims Vontaze Burfict yelled \u201cYou\u2019re next!\u201d at Juju Smith-Schuster. You can see Burfict point at Smith-Schuster twice here. pic.twitter.com\/WVLXCwtlPw<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n