Steelers receiver Bryant in full disruptive force yet again
Some year, Martavis Bryant might go through an entire NFL season without voluntarily making himself a distracting presence on his team, by continually making headlines of the wrong kind through delinquent actions. This year is not that year. It’ s actually hard to fathom the ways the fourthyear wide receiver again is estranging himself from his Pittsburgh Steelers team and teammates.
He’s not even halfway into his first season back with the Steelers, after the NFL suspended him for all of 2016 without pay for his second major violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy. A year earlier, Bryant sat out the first four games as NFL penance for his first violation.
You’d think this season he’d appreciate his reinstatement by shutting up, keeping his head down, shutting up, working hard at every practice, shutting up, being as productive on the field as possible and, as much as anything, convincing everyone he’s grateful for every moment back. And shutting up.
Nope, other than he still works diligently at every practice, reports say. KIZER AGAIN: Clevel and Browns head coach Hue Jackson is sticking with DeShone Kizer. Which means Kizer will start Sunday against Minnesota in London, England.
Of course, once toe meets leather, Capt. Hook could yank the rookie QB at any time.
“I know what everybody is concerned about — that I have this quick hook,” said Jackson, who this month has benched Kizer for the second half of his past two starts, and for the entire game in between. “Listen, I think DeShone gets it. I am very honest with DeShone. This is a performance-based business, and there are some things that at the quarterback position are kind of non-negotiable for me.
“He knows turning the ball over is something that we can’t do. It hurts not just him; it hurts our football team. I think he gets it.” Oh, he gets it. The hook, that is. If he gets it again on Sunday in London, Cody Kessler would replace him, Jackson said, not Kevin Hogan. Info worth knowing.