Overview
- Burden left Sunday night's Week 9 game at Soldier Field after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit from Tampa Bay rookie Rueben Bain Jr., was taken to the medical tent and did not return.
- The play caused Burden to fumble; Buccaneers safety Ifeatu Melifonwu recovered the ball and the turnover influenced the late game sequence.
- No penalty flag was thrown on the field for the hit, prompting fan outcry and calls for discipline of Bain.
- The NFL routinely reviews game film after contests and could still issue fines or other discipline to Bain even though officials did not flag the play.
- Burden leads the Bears with 49 catches for 644 yards and four touchdowns this season and will have two weeks during Chicago’s bye to try to clear concussion protocol, leaving his availability for the next game uncertain.