A day after officially announcing the suspension of wide receiver Martavis Bryant, the Pittsburgh Steelers via head coach Mike Tomlin addressed their concerns with the budding star receiver during the pre-game press conference yesterday.
Tomlin was fairly candid, at least relative to his typical close to the vest public speaking style, when talking about Bryant, telling the gathered media rather directly that “he has issues that he’s dealing with that are bigger than football”.
He also confirmed that the Steelers on an organizational level knew for quite some time that this suspension was at least possible, dispelling early reports that they were “blindsided” and adding a new context to their offseason strategy.