Steelers’ Damontae Kazee Suspended Rest Of Season After Violent Michael Pittman Hit

Steelers security Damontae Kazee has simply been sidelined for the remainder of this season … after the NFL slapped him with a suspension for his harmful hit on Michael Pittman Jr. over the weekend.

In an announcement saying the ban on Monday, the league mentioned the blow — which occurred within the second quarter of Pittsburgh’s loss to Indianapolis on Saturday — was “a serious violation of the playing rules.”

The play was one of the vital violent of the season — Kazee left his toes and made contact with Pittman Jr.’s head/neck — and the NFL made it clear when revealing Kazee’s punishment it does not need that type of act ever repeated once more.

“You had an unobstructed path to your opponent and the illegal contact could have been avoided,” NFL exec Jon Runyan mentioned in a letter to Kazee revealing the suspension. “Your actions were flagrant, and as a result, you were disqualified from the game.”

Kazee will now miss Pittsburgh’s video games in opposition to the Bengals, Seahawks, Ravens and any potential playoff video games this season.

Runyan famous in his letter that earlier violations factored into Kazee’s prolonged ban.

“When players violate the rules intended to protect player safety on a repeated basis, and particularly when the violations carry with them a significant risk of injury to an opposing player, it is appropriate to impose substantially greater penalties,” he mentioned.