The league considered it the latest incident in a string of player - safety violations on his part .
Burfict 's hit on Brown led the NFL to suspend him for the first three games of the 2016 season .
The league considered it the latest incident in a string of player - safety violations on Burfict 's part .
Burfict 's hit on Brown led the NFL to suspend him for the first three games of the 2016 season .