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Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett said hitting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph with his helmet during the teams' Week 11 game was "idiotic."
Garrett didn't back down from his allegation that Rudolph sparked the brawl with a racial slur, but he told ESPN's Mina Kimes on Outside The Lines he's sorry for his actions.
"I apologize," Garrett said. "There's no need for that kind of violence. That was outside of the game of football and it was idiotic, foolish. It was childish on both parts, but it was childish of me and I apologize for attempting to injure him cause I would never, in my right mind, ever try to do something like that.