Mike Tomlin - Diontae Johnson can't let 'emotions' affect him - ESPN

PITTSBURGH — Coach Mike Tomlin declined to elaborate much on wide receiver Diontae Johnson's lack of reaction to the loose ball from Jaylen Warren's fumble Sunday in the Steelers' victory over the Bengals.

But Tomlin conceded his fifth-year wide receiver needs to work on managing his emotions on the field.

«We got to take care of the ball,» Tomlin said Tuesday in his weekly news conference. «It is our desire. It's how we construct victory, and so Jaylen's got to do a better job there.

»Diontae can't let the emotions of the previous down affect his next down, but I'll give him an opportunity to address that with you guys. I'll give him an opportunity to address that with his teammates. I'm not going to add any additional color. I think plays like that are best described and outlined by those involved and less so by guys like me."

Johnson addressed the play after the win, saying he didn't see the ball.

«I just, I didn't see it,» Johnson said Sunday. «I was just doing whatever I do at that time, blocking or whatever it is.»

Just before Warren's fumble, Johnson's would-be touchdown was negated when he dropped the contested catch out of bounds, despite having taken three steps in the end zone. Tomlin, who said he didn't see a replay, didn't challenge the ruling.

«They were definitive, and I lost vision of it,» Tomlin said Sunday of the officials' initial ruling of the end zone incompletion. «It was people between me and him. I couldn't count steps. They never gave us another look at it in-stadium. We didn't get a quick enough look at it up top. Sometimes that happens when you're on the road, but some games being on the road, some games being at home, all those things even out in the big scheme of things.»

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