NFL: New England Patriots brush off Steelers coach Mike Tomlin’s harsh comments filmed by Antonio Brown

THE Patriots have responded to star Steelers receiver Antonio Brown filming coach Mike Tomlin after their win in a viral social media post that featured salty language about New England.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

THERE’S a big no-no in the NFL, and that’s filming your head coach’s message to the team after a win or a loss — especially without permission. Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown broke that rule after Sunday’s win over the Chiefs, and it was received with a lot of backlash.

On Facebook Live he filmed Mike Tomlin calling out the Patriots, saying “we spotted those [expletive] a day and a half” — among other things.

Brown obviously gave the Patriots bulletin-board material, and carelessly so, making a huge mistake at an inopportune time. The Patriots, of course, caught wind of Brown’s video and learned of Tomlin’s comments and, needless to say, it didn’t change their mentality.

“I don’t care,” linebacker Dont’a Hightower said during a radio appearance.

“Is that supposed to hurt my feelings?”

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Hightower wasn’t the only one to respond to the Steelers’ locker room blunder.

“Every coach has a different style,” quarterback Tom Brady said.

“Our coach, he’s been in the league for 42 years and he’s pretty old school. He’s not into social media, and I think he lets everyone know that. I think our team has a policy. We don’t show anything that should be private because he feels when we are inside our stadium, inside the walls, there has to be a degree of privacy that we have. What’s done in the locker room should stay in the locker room.”

Head coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers congratulates wide receiver Antonio Brown #84 following the Steelers win against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Playoff game.

Julian Edelman also addressed the situation and simply said different teams have different rules.

“Hey, people have different rules,” he said.

“That’s how that team is run. I personally don’t think that would be something that would happen in our locker room, but, hey, whatever. Some people like red and some people like blue. Some people like tulips and some people like roses, whatever.”

He did add that filming Bill Belichick’s postgame speech isn’t something he’d ever do.

“Hey man, I wouldn’t do that so I personally — I wouldn’t do that. Let’s just say that and I’d be more worried about just trying to celebrate with my teammates and keeping it internal.”

Wide receiver Antonio Brown #84 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs the ball after catching a pass.

The best response of all, of course, came courtesy of the hooded coach, himself. Belichick said this on WEEI radio, going full Belichick.

“As you know I’m not on SnapFace and all that, so I don’t really get those. I’m really just worried about getting our team ready to go. I’m not really too worried about what they put on InstantChat, or whatever it is.”

"I'm not on SnapFace. I'm not too worried about what they put on InstantChat." - Bill Belichick https://t.co/V6N0l0zRHV

— NFL (@NFL) January 17, 2017

Tomlin has almost certainly talked to Brown about his mistake, and he’ll be asked about it plenty when he talks to the media this week. There’s no chance Tomlin will discipline his star receiver, of course, but that doesn’t mean Brown is completely out of the woods.

According to ESPN, the NFL could fine him for breaking the league’s social media policy.

NFL policy prohibits players from posting messages on any social media platform 90 minutes before kickoff through post-game interviews.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 16, 2017

Steelers WR Antonio Brown could be fined for violating the league’s social media policy for his post-game live... https://t.co/cUGCiucc0N

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 16, 2017

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