Steelers' Mike Tomlin defends Mason Rudolph after Myles Garrett doubles down on racial slur claim

Pittsburgh Steelers mentor Mike Tomlin turned out with regards to Mason Rudolph on Monday after Cleveland Browns guarded end Myles Garrett multiplied down on his case that the quarterback utilized a racial slur against him to start November's protective cap swinging episode. 

Tomlin showed up on ESPN's "First Take" and conversed with have Stephen A. Smith, communicating disappointment with the allegations. 

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"The latest one this previous end of the week, I disliked it, to be very legit with you," Tomlin said. "I completely bolster Mason Rudolph. We, as an association, completely bolster Mason Rudolph. To be very legitimate with you, we were hacked off by what we saw this end of the week. I think [Rudolph's] notoriety should be guarded and shielded forcefully." 

Garrett repeated the case a week ago that Rudolph utilized a slur against him. He said Rudolph called "me an 'idiotic N-word," starting the fight in which he ripped the quarterback's cap off and hit him in the head with it. Garrett was suspended for the rest of the 2019 season and was restored before in February. 

"These allegations are not kidding, regarding Mason Rudolph's character, yet his expert interests," Tomlin said Monday. "No one on that field, as an individual from the Cleveland Browns or the Pittsburgh Steelers, substantiated information disclosed by Myles Garrett. ... At no time during that piece this end of the week was that expressed. 

"It was introduced as a he-said-he-said circumstance, even right up 'til today. I think the National Football League office was extremely certain that they propelled an intensive examination among all gatherings included, including meeting the individuals and the investigation of innovation that was on that field, and found no proof of Myles' charge, and I imagine that ought to be expressed." 

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Rudolph's specialist Tim Younger recommended Saturday that Garrett opened himself up for potential lawful activity for guaranteeing again that his customer utilized a racial slur toward the guarded end. 

The NFL said at the time there was "no such proof" to back Garrett's case. Class representative Brian McCarthy alluded to the first proclamation on the occurrence. 

"As we said at the time the claim was made, we investigated the issue and found no such proof," McCarthy said. "There was no stable recorded from the field during that game. Similarly as with each game, there were amplifiers on the middle or inside linemen that help enhance the surrounding sound as the quarterbacks were calling signals at the line of scrimmage. In any case, they don't record sound. Mouthpieces are opened from the break of the cluster (or when the inside spots his hand on the ball in a no-group offense) through the snap of the ball."