PITTSBURGH — The NFL is reviewing a post on Facebook by Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, a spokesman for the league confirmed Tuesday.
Brown began streaming live via Facebook Sunday from the Steelers’ locker room after the team won its playoff game against Kansas City.
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The All-Pro wide receiver also happened to catch coach Mike Tomlin indelicately describing the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh's opponent in the AFC Championship game.
"Personally I'd like some of that stuff sacred," long snapper Greg Warren said Monday. "But this is a changing world, a changing environment. I can't be some old guy stuck under a rock, that's for sure."
Brown's 17-minute video collected more than 900,000 views in a few hours before being removed (though it lives on through YouTube).
It included players dancing and Tomlin - who was out of the shot and unaware it was being filmed but who could be heard clearly in the packed locker room - beginning his postgame speech by telling his team to "say very little moving forward" then adding "we spotted those (expletive) a day and a half."
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy shared the NFL’s game day social media use policy with Channel 11 News:
McCarthy said potential discipline for violation of the policy is a fine.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.