Steelers wideout Antonio Brown is having his head examined. So, too, should Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones -- but for very different reasons.
Brown continues to follow the NFL's concussion protocol after the vicious hit from linebacker Vontaze Burfict on Saturday night that started one of the wildest sequences in NFL playoff history that allowed the Steelers to kick the game-winning field goal in their 18-16 victory in Cincinnati.
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After the game, Jones accused the Steelers' receiver of faking the injury to get the 15-yard hit-to-the-head penalty, according to NFL.com.
"Man, that [expletive] was [expletive] acting," Jones complained. "He flopped. He needs a [expletive] Academy Award for that performance."
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All that can be said is that if Brown was acting, he does, indeed, deserve an Academy Award for his work, because he did act exactly like a player who suffered a concussion following a hit like that -- especially with the way he contorted himself so that when he hit the ground, he almost gave himself whiplash has he "feigns" losing consciousness as Jones argues.
Pacman, it appears, is going to win one argument. He also lashed out at Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter for coming out on the field while Brown was receiving medical treatment on the field.
"He ain't supposed to be on the (expletive) field!" Jones said. "He was talking all kinds of (expletive), yelling at (Burfict), saying, 'You a dirty son of a bitch ... Take your bitch ass out of here ...' So I turned to him and said, 'Why are you talking?' I didn't even touch him. And they threw a flag.
"How can they throw a flag on you for talking (expletive) to a coach? Especially to a (expletive) who ain't supposed to be on the field? It'd be different if I was gonna approach a (expletive) player. There's a big (expletive) difference. I mean, Mike Tomlin wasn't even on the field. Why the (expletive) is Joey Porter on the field, period?"
Porter will be fined for coming on to the field and talking to the Bengals players, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter will be fined for coming on to field Saturday night and engaging Bengals players, per a source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 10, 2016
Jones, however, has not apologized for, nor rescinded his comments about Brown. If the Bengals don't force one out of him or reprimand him for his ignorance, then they get all they deserve for enabling him.
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