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Michael Pittman Jr. Says Damontae Kazee Was Just Trying To Make A Play: ‘I Know What I Signed Up For’

Indianapolis Colts WR Michael Pittman Jr. doesn’t even remember the hit that handed Pittsburgh Steelers S Damontae Kazee a three-game suspension. But he doesn’t hold it against the defensive back for what he suggests amounts to doing his job.

Not for the first time, the veteran wide receiver talked about the hit, this time on Chris Long’s Green Light podcast. “I’m running and I don’t see anybody, so I’m like, ‘Hey, I’m wide open, I’m about to catch this ball and I’m about to score’”, he recalled of the play. “The ball’s thrown a little bit forward, so I dive and I catch it—and I just wake up.