Steelers veteran condemns Browns’ Freddie Kitchens for wearing ‘Pittsburgh Started It’ shirt

The Steelers disagreed with Kitchens’ choice to wear a disputable shirt out in the open

The Pittsburgh Steelers sought retribution on the Cleveland Browns in the profoundly foreseen AFC North confrontation on Sunday, as Devlin Hodges drove his group to a 20-13 win. The last time these two groups went head to head, the game finished on a vicious note. Words were stated, protective caps were swung and when the residue settled, 33 players were restrained, the two establishments were fined a fourth of a million dollars and Myles Garrett wound up suspended inconclusively.

While Garrett swung Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph’s very own protective cap at them, many saw Rudolph as the initiator of the occurrence. Tans fans were vexed when they was not given a suspension. While Sunday’s down abandoned fisticuffs, the two groups were as yet passionate over the occurrence – particularly since Browns lead trainer Freddie Kitchens shouted out in their own specific manner about the scene.

The pregame publicity encompassing the rematch based on T-shirts. Tans collector Jarvis Landry was spotted wearing a “retribution” shirt as he entered Heinz Field Sunday morning. A few Steelers players were likewise observed wearing “Free Pouncey” shirts in reference to the two-game suspension Maurkice Pouncey was given for their job – or deficiency in that department – in the scuffle. Two days sooner, mentor Kitchens was spotted wearing a “Pittsburgh Started It” shirt, alluding to the possibility that Rudolph was the initiator of the battle.

Clearly, a few Steelers found out about the shirt and they thought it was a poor choice for a NFL lead trainer to make.

“I thought it was pretty stupid,” Steelers offensive lineman David DeCastro said after the game, according to ESPN. “That’s a lot of bulletin board material. I don’t know why you do that as a coach. I just don’t get that. Of course it’s going to motivate us. What are you thinking? It’s just not smart.”

A few players saw Kitchens’ choice as opposed to Steelers lead trainer Mike Tomlin, who more than once would not shout out about the occurrence.

“I know that our coach never would have done anything like that,” left guard Ramon Foster said. “Why throw gas? When you do something like that, you throw your players in harms way. He’s not on the field. You throw your players in harms way when you do stuff like that with a vengeance. And I hate that for them.”

“You just don’t see that from upper management. We all got to grow as professionals in some sense. I’m glad coach T (Mike Tomlin) doesn’t do anything like that.”

The Steelers feel as if they got the last snicker in this circumstance. They got their vengeance with a success on Sunday, they are as yet cemented in the season finisher race and by one week from now all players who were suspended will be back while Garrett remains sidelined inconclusively.