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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph called his head coach a "leader of men" after Mike Tomlin defended the player amid renewed allegations he directed a racial slur at Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett.
Tomlin gave an interview Monday on ESPN's First Take defending Rudolph:
Garrett was reinstated from his indefinite suspension last week, a punishment he received for grabbing Rudolph's helmet and hitting him in the head with it. The Browns star gave an interview to Mina Kimes for ESPN's Outside the Lines and said Rudolph had used the N-word before the players began to brawl:
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