Even with Garrett, who was suspended indefinitely, not taking part, Sunday’s game is likely to have a different feel, as bad blood from the recent brawl on top of a decades-long rivalry steeps Sunday’s showdown in drama. “We love being in hot button games. We love being in hotly contested AFC North games,” Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin told reporters on Tuesday. A Steelers spokesman on Twitter said reports that Cleveland fans wearing Garrett’s jersey would be barred from Heinz Field was “absolutely false.”A t-shirt bearing the slogan “Pittsburgh started it” has been flying off shelves of shops in and around Cleveland. “It takes two to have a rivalry,” he said.

Source: National Post November 28, 2019 13:52 UTC