Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict suspended for three games, to appeal

Brown, though, has told coaches and players he is feeling a lot better and said on his Instagram account that he is “all good” for the Broncos game.

“I definitely felt like I was shortening up my motion up a little bit, which is why we threw some screens, and couldn’t really get the ball down the field”, Roethlisberger said.

As for Brown’s status, If Jones, Steelers wideout Martavis Bryant and a bunch of Snapchat conspiracy theorists are to be believed, he’ll be ready to play come Sunday.

Over the last couple of days, we’ve heard confilcting reports regarding Antonio Brown’s availability for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Divisional Round playoff match in Denver this week. So if this is the case, will Jones apologize?

The injury-riddled Steelers also face the possibility of playing without veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and star wide receiver Antonio Brown after the two were hurt in Saturday’s AFC wild-card win over the Bengals.

“But you know and I know”, Jones added, “when Saturday gets here… he will be cleared Friday, I promise you, 24 hours before the game”. He also said Steelers assistant Mike Munchak, who pulled Bengals safety Reggie Nelson’s hair when Nelson was on the Steelers sideline, should have been ejected from the game and fined by the league.

Burfict will serve the suspension next season, pending any appeal he makes.

Part of what played into the punishment were four safety-related fines in 2015, including a $50,000 fine for unnecessarily hitting Baltimore Ravens tight end Maxx Williams in the head in the regular season finale.

“We know he has a chance to be available to us, and we’re going to take it day by day”, Tomlin said. Burfict was fined $69,454 for three infractions in the December 13 game against Pittsburgh. “They’ll give him that same test and if he brings it back to where he was, he passed the protocol”, Kasdan said. The league disagrees – it was the final straw in the three-game suspension they handed Burfict earlier this week.