A large focus of this week continues to be on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson after he walked away from a live fumble by teammate Jaylen Warren on Sunday.
“I addressed the situation to my teammates,” Johnson told Steelers media on Wednesday. “They know how I feel and how I should go about the situation the next time it occurs. I’ll own up to it. I’m not perfect. All I can do is move forward and keep playing football. That’s all I can worry about.”
Johnson said his teammates didn’t say anything after he spoke with them about it.
He continues to claim he didn’t realize the play was still going. He might want to come up with a different response to that because all he’s doing is making himself look worse.
“If I could make the play again, I’d jump on the ball.”
Mike Tomlin said Johnson can’t let his emotions get the better of him. He needs to move on after a failed play instead of getting caught up in the no-touchdown call.
“It’s not something I do on purpose,” said Johnson. “Nobody’s out there just trying to mess up. I’m human, just like everybody else out there.”
Diontae Johnson addressed his Steelers teammates on the infamous fumble/effort situation.
Says he still expects to start Sunday.
“I’m not perfect… It won’t happen again… It looked bad on film.” pic.twitter.com/dBISBjtvNi
— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) November 29, 2023
