Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick believes the hit that ended Browns running back Nick Chubb’s season on Monday night was unfortunate but not dirty.
Fitzpatrick dove at Chubb’s legs in an effort to stop the Cleveland star near the Pittsburgh goal line early in the second quarter of what eventually became a 26-22 Steelers victory.
“I’m a guy that is a competitor, that is going to go out there and play the game,” Fitzpatrick said Thursday. “I’m chippy. I’m edgy of course but I’m not a dirty player. I’m not going to sit here and defend my character. I know the type of player I am. Chubb knows the type of player I am.” Fitzpatrick, who is 20 pounds lighter than Chubb, said he didn’t see Holcomb on Chubb’s back when Chubb charged through the hole. He made a decision to go low because he believed if he didn’t, he was “going to get run over and I’m going to get concussed.”
Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin defended Fitzpatrick, a three-time All-Pro who has been fined just once during his time in Pittsburgh for an illegal hit, a horse collar tackle against Denver in 2020. “Every human being, football or not, goes through a grieving process,” said All-Pro left guard Joel Bitonio. “Seeing a guy like Nick go down like that, it was a brutal injury. You realize we have a job to do now and he’d want us to do our job.
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