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James Harrison scoffs at 'envelope' comment response, says Mike Tomlin never had a bounty system

James Harrison is shocked that people took him seriously.

A day after his comments suggesting that Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin paid him after a hit that drew a $75,000 fine, the former Steelers linebacker insisted that Tomlin didn’t have a bounty system in place.

‘Mike T has never paid me for hurting someone’

“Wow y'all really comparing what I said to BOUNTYGATE?!?," Harrison wrote, referencing the New Orleans Saints scandal from 2009. "Mike T. Has NEVER paid me for hurting someone or TRYING to hurt someone or put a bounty on ANYBODY!