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Tomlin Calls JuJu Hit, Taunt A Teachable Moment

For a rookie, every game could be summed up as a teachable moment. A fast learned, JuJu Smith-Schuster has been tabbed as a guy who doesn’t make the same mistake twice. Hopefully that’ll include what happened last night. Like it or not, Smith-Schuster’s hit on Vontaze Burfict was illegal and standing over him and taunting didn’t do him any favors. In fact, Mike Tomlin says that’s the most teachable moment of them all.

“I’ll stand by my statement last night,” Tomlin told reporters. “His actions after the hit are more disturbing than the hit itself.