“We’ll see,” Brown said when asked if he expects to be fined. “I had no intent of hurting anybody.”
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said last week that he would use Brown, a Pro Bowl wide receiver, as a punt returner because he “wouldn’t live with my fears.”
It marks the second time since last December that Brown has been a central figure in a play in which an AFC rival’s punter took a shot to the face.
Steelers linebacker Terence Garvin broke Kevin Huber’s jaw near the end of last season when he obliterated Cincinnati Bengals punter Kevin Huber during Brown’s 67-yard return for a touchdown. Garvin wasn’t penalized on the play, but he was later fined $25,000 for unnecessary roughness.
