The team officially waived the 2024 third-round pick on Monday following the latest dust-up between the wide receiver and the club. Burton did not make the trip to Buffalo for the team's 39-34 loss to the Bills. Hours before the game, the team announced that Burton was going to be suspended for the contest, which penalizes him by missing a game check. When asked about that suspension on Monday afternoon, Bengals coach Zac Taylor announced that Burton will no longer be with the team.
Tomas Soucek has impressed under Nuno The towering midfielder has had a change of role under the new manager, and he is being used as an auxiliary striker. The midfielder has shown impressive form, and he has scored in back-to-back wins over Newcastle and Burnley. There is no doubt that he will be a player for West Ham as they look to secure survival in the Premier League.
Interestingly, as the Cowboys went out on offense, they did so without both CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. The Monday Night Football broadcast began speculating what this was all about and quickly reported that it had to do with a "coach's decision" from Brian Schottenheimer and that it was not injury related. Schotty spoke about the matter following the win and reiterated that line.
Real Madrid may have partially exorcised the demons of their derby humiliation with last night's 5-0 win at Kairat Almaty but boss Xabi Alonso may have returned from Kazakhstan with an even bigger problem. Madrid were hammered 5-2 by Atletico at the Metropolitano on Saturday following a dismal second half display. They flew east determined to make amends and did so with a routine, and expected, victory against the Champions League minnows.