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Marvin Jones: Steelers' Mike Mitchell 'fake tough' for hit, taunts

CINCINNATI -- Bengals receiver Marvin Jones called Pittsburgh Steelers safety Mike Mitchell "fake tough" Monday for celebrating a hard hit he delivered on Jones in Sunday's game between the AFC North rivals, and then chirping about it in A.J. Green's face moments later.

"When you turn on the film, you don't see him hitting anybody when they're going head up. That's fake tough," Jones said to ESPN, one day after Mitchell hit him going across the middle to break up a pass. "It's whatever. He hit me. I just got the wind knocked out of me, and it's OK.