Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin warned his players not to say anything that might provide any extra motivation to the New England Patriots this week as the two teams prepare to face off in the AFC championship game.
Little did Tomlin know he was doing just that as he spoke.
Star receiver Antonio Brown used Facebook Live to stream the scene in the Steelers' locker room following an 18-16 playoff win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. The video also includes audio of Tomlin making a vulgar reference to the Patriots and complaining that the Steelers have significantly less time than their opponents to prepare for the upcoming game.
"When you get to this point in the journey, man, not a lot needs to be said. Let's say very little moving forward," said Tomlin, who can not be seen in the video. "Let's start our preparations. We spotted these ... a day and a half. They played yesterday, our game was moved to tonight. We gonna touch down at four o'clock in the ... morning. So be it. We'll be ready for their ....
"But you ain't gotta tell them we coming.... Keep a low profile."
The game against the Chiefs was pushed back seven hours from its original start time because of weather conditions in Kansas City.
The video, which contains a lot of NSFW language, also included the voice of another member of the organization warning players to "be cool on social media," as Brown and some of his teammates posed for the camera live on Facebook.
It took just a few hours for the video, which has since been disabled on Facebook, to get more than 900,000 views.
Brown led the Steelers with six catches for 108 yards, including a 7-yarder for a first down late in the game to seal the victory over the Chiefs. He had seven catches for 106 yards in a 27-16 loss to the Patriots back in Week 7, a game in which Pittsburgh was without starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
