The Steelers and Bengals have been at odds all season long, but Pittsburgh’s focus will now shift toward the Denver Broncos, who will host the AFC divisional game Sunday.
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Roethlisberger remains in some pretty serious pain while All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol and starting running back DeAngelo Williams remains a longshot to return from a right foot injury.
Porter helped incite a 15-yard penalty from Bengals corner Adam Jones during the waning seconds of Saturday’s Wild Card fiasco which aided the Steelers in their attempt to boot a game-winning field goal.
Marshall, who pointed out that a wink can mean many different things, also noted that Brown has yet to be cleared to play this week. He’s had three penalties this season for unnecessary roughness.
Jones said Monday that Brown should receive another award. He was fined fined $31,000 for hitting a defenseless Green Bay Packers receiver (James Jones) and fined $10,000 for striking a Packers tight end Ryan Taylor in the groin in the same game.
At his Monday press conference, Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis said Burfict’s hit “didn’t go over the edge”. “So we’ll really just kind of see how it goes (Wednesday)”.
After the Bengals were penalized 30 yards on the play, Chris Boswell’s 35-yard kick gave Pittsburgh the win with 14 seconds remaining.
Due to his overall actions in the Wild Card Game and his status as a repeat offender, Burfict was suspended for three games by the National Football League, according to ESPN.com’s Coley Harvey.
“It’s more of a petition for players’ safety”, Johnson said. “That’s the first step, to realize ‘I’m wrong.’ When you play linebacker and (cornerback), you’re at the tip of the spear in the National Football League now (in terms of being judged for hits)”. I have no respect for the guy.
Tomlin did say reports that Porter received a game ball were “untrue”.
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“I looked at him, he looked at me and we knew where we were”, Tomlin said.
