Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett issued a statement on Twitter after he told the NFL on Wednesday Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph called him a racial slur before the fight during their Nov. 14 game:
ESPN's Josina Anderson and Adam Schefter reported that Garrett told the league office this information during an appeal of his indefinite suspension for his role in a massive brawl where the defensive end took Rudolph's helmet and hit him in the head with it.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league reviewed footage and "found no such evidence" to back Garrett's assertion.