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Steelers thought it was âstupidâ of Freddie Kitchens to wear T-shirt
The bad blood between the Steelers and Browns existed even before their Week 11 extracurricular activities. But after Freddie Kitchens publicly sported a âPittsburgh Started Itâ T-shirt last week, there may be no going back on the bitterness of the rivalry.
âI know that our coach never would have done anything like that,â Steelers left guard Ramon Foster said, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN. âWhy throw gas? When you do something like that, you throw your players in harmâs way. Heâs not on the field. You throw your players in harmâs way when you do stuff like that with a vengeance. And I hate that for them.â
Foster added heâs âglad coach T doesnât do anything like that,â referring to Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
Kitchens downplayed wearing a âPittsburgh Started Itâ shirt while out to see âItâs a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhoodâ for his birthday Friday night.
The Steelers, though, saw it something as other than âjust a T-shirt,â as Kitchens seemed to imply.
âI thought it was pretty stupid,â Steelers offensive lineman David DeCastro said. âThatâs a lot of bulletin-board material. I donât know why you do that as a coach. I just donât get that. Of course itâs going to motivate us. What are you thinking? Itâs just not smart.â
On Sunday night, after the Steelersâ 20-13 victory, Pittsburgh Clothing Co. printed a T-shirt that read "and Pittsburgh finished it,â Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan reports.