James Harrison denies Mike Tomlin paid players to injure opponents

James Harrison says there’s no way Mike Tomlin paid players for hits.

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Wow y'all really comparing what I said to BOUNTYGATE?!? Mike T. Has NEVER paid me for hurting someone or TRYING to hurt someone or put a bounty on ANYBODY! If you knew the full story of what happened back then you'd know that BS fine for a Legal Play wasn't even penalized during the game. The league was getting pressure because the first concussion lawsuits were starting and they had to look like they cared about player safety all of a sudden. Before that they had been SELLING a photo of THAT SAME PLAY FOR $55 on the NFL website with other videos of the NFL'S GREATEST HITS that the league Profited On back then. When the league had to start pretending like they cared about player safety they took all those things down off their website and they started fining guys ridiculous amounts for the same plays they used to profit off of. EVERYBODY knew it – even these same media people and all the fans that were sending money to me and the team to cover the fine. AGAIN AT NO TIME did Mike T. EVER suggest anybody hurt anybody or that they'd be rewarded for anything like that. GTFOH with that BS!!! #receipts

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In the wake of backlash over his own words, former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison took to Instagram on Friday to deny any allegations that head coach Mike Tomlin paid players for big hits.

Harrison offered the lengthy diatribe above about the play in question but never answered the question everyone wants to know. What was in the envelope Tomlin gave you? Harrison has no one but himself to blame for this mess and even after this post brought no one closer to the truth.

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