Mike Tomlin reveals NFL contact on maskless celebration led by JuJu Smith-Schuster

Pittsburgh Steelers vast receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster discovered himself within the NFL headlines for the unsuitable causes as soon as once more after he was on the forefront of a maskless postgame celebration posted on TikTok.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin didn’t sound like a cheerful man and doubled down on his stance that the crew is certainly taking the pandemic severely even with the video circulating on the web, per NFL Network‘s Aditi Kinkhabwala.

Mike Tomlin says #Steelers have certainly heard from #NFL re the maskless postgame celebration led by JuJu. Says feelings must be saved in examine, that the pandemic requires continuous schooling and “generally the schooling is punitive in nature. That’s the fact of it.”

— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) December 29, 2020

JuJu Smith-Schuster already had quite a few exchanges together with his friends across the league after he was doing pre-game dances on the midfield logos of opposing groups. In a technique or one other, the Steelers attracted an enormous goal on their backs and had been handled a three-game dropping skid from Weeks 13 to fifteen.

The Steelers had been trying so as to add one other loss to their tally after they had been buried in a deep gap early on in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 16. Nevertheless, they managed to get again heading in the right direction and rallied to come back away with a slender 28-24 victory. Securing their twelfth win of the season lastly hailed them because the AFC North divisional champions for the primary time since 2017.

After the TikTok video made rounds on social media and garnered the league’s consideration, plainly Mike Tomlin and his males will almost definitely obtain a penalty within the close to future. Equally, the New Orleans Saints had been additionally beforehand handed a $500,000 fantastic after the crew celebrated with out masks after their 38-3 victory in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers again in Week 9.

The approaching days will see whether or not or not the Steelers will be penalized for the postgame celebration led by JuJu Smith-Schuster. On the sphere, they’re heading to their remaining recreation of the season in opposition to the Cleveland Browns earlier than marching to the upcoming playoffs with the third seed within the AFC bracket.