NFL Fines Steelers WR Diontae Johnson
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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson was fined by thefor his remarks toward the referees following the team’s Week 8 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
During the game, the refs were criticized by many watching for their questionable calls or missed calls toward the Steelers. Afterward, Johnson wasn’t shy about their mistakes, blaming the officials for the loss.
“They were calling stupid stuff. They should get fined for calling terrible stuff,” Johnson said. “That’s how pissed I am. I don’t care what anyone says, it cost us the game. Yeah, I got to make plays. I had two plays I should have made but that doesn’t define the whole game.”
For his remarks, the NFL hit Johnson with a $25,000 fine, according to ESPN’s Brooke Pryor.
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Throughout the week, the Titans played Renegade at practice and bumped crowd noise from the sideline to help prepare for Steelers fans. When the song was played during the fourth quarter, even if it didn’t help Levis’s chances of winning, he appreciated the tradition.
“That’s a cool tradition that they got here,” he said. “‘Renegade’ by Styx before key defensive drives in the fourth quarter. “The song’s a banger. It’s a good song. It’s a good song. We’ve been playing it all week in practice, and it’s been stuck in my head, so it was cool to see the real thing.”
What he thought would have been better was the crowd, which he said he was slightly disappointed in.
“It was pretty loud. I’ve been in louder, so it was nothing crazy,” Levis said. “I think we did a good job of simulating the environment during practice this week of making it even louder than I feel like it was out there. We were good on the operation and the communication, but hey, those fans showed out and they didn’t make it easy for us, but we got the job done for the most part operation-wise.”
Steelers fans have been a huge part of the team’s success this season, and despite not living up to Levis’s expectations, they certainly played their part in the win.
“Steeler Nation, you were incredible as always,” T.J. Watt said after the game. “Acrisure was rocking tonight. Thank you. Here we go.”
