Jan. 8, 2026, 8:01 p.m. ET
After the Cincinnati Bengals coughed up NFL history to Cleveland Browns superstar Myles Garrett in the season finale, it was head coach Zac Taylor getting some heat for his complaints about how NFL referees handled the moment.
But now it’s Joe Burrow getting some of the heat, too
And it’s coming from those in the orbit of the…Pittsburgh Steelers?
Strange times. Former Steelers star James Harrison appeared to accuse Burrow of letting Garrett break the sack record because of…his dislike for the Steelers.
“He didn’t even try and run,” Harrison said on an episode of the Deebo & Joe podcast. “He didn’t go out of his way? He sat down. He looked behind him and sat down. … And leaned a little this way to make sure it was Garrett that touched him…He only did that, brother, to break T.J.’s record, man. Joe Burrow got more hate for the Steelers than he do the Browns, that’s all that was.”
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It’s an Olympic-level reach and, hopefully, sprinkled with a heavy dose of sarcasm.
Make no mistake, everyone has seen Burrow escape similar situations to the one that allowed Garrett to make NFL history. But everyone has also seen him suffer a severe toe injury while escaping similar situations.
So…there’s a little gray area there. But no room or time for the Steelers.
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