The Pittsburgh Steelers play the Denver Broncos in an AFC Divisional round playoff game Sunday. The game can be heard on WISR 680AM, pre-game beginning at 2:40 pm. Kick-off is 4:40 pm. Antonio Brown and DeAngelo Williams have been ruled out of the game, Ben Roethlisberger is listed as questionable.
The NFL fined four players and two coaches a total of $83,665 for their actions in the Pittsburgh–Cincinnati wild-card game. Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was fined $28,940 for contact with an official, a foul that moved the Steelers closer for their game-winning field goal in the final seconds Saturday night. His teammates Wallace Gilberry and Domata Peko were each fined $8,681. Gilberry’s fine was for unsportsmanlike conduct and Peko’s for unnecessary roughness. Steelers guard Ramon Foster was fined $17,363 for unnecessary roughness. Earlier this week, the league suspended Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict three games without pay for his conduct in the game, which Pittsburgh won 18-16 to advance to Sunday’s AFC divisional round game in Denver. Burfict was flagged for a hit that knocked out Steelers star receiver Antonio Brown, who was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Broncos. Jones, who earlier in the week had accused Brown of faking an injury, issued an apology Friday. Although Burfict wasn’t issued any additional fines this week, he’ll miss out of $502,941 of his $2.85 million salary in 2016 if his suspension is upheld. Also Pittsburgh assistant coaches Mike Munchak and Joey Porter were each fined $10,000. Munchak was penalized for pulling safety Reggie Nelson‘s hair on the sideline after a play concluded. Porter was fined for being on the field when Jones drew his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the closing seconds.
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