{"id":2176,"date":"2024-11-20T04:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T04:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2024-11-20T04:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T04:04:27","slug":"breaking-diontae-johnson-shares-message-from-steelers-mike-tomlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=2176","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Diontae Johnson Shares Message From Steelers’ Mike Tomlin.."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pittsburgh Steelers head coach told Diontae Johnson he “misses him.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PITTSBURGH — Diontae Johnson was on the opposite end of the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers versus Baltimore Ravens rivalry\u00a0this season, dressing in purple and black instead of black and gold for the firs time in his NFL career.<\/p>\n

The wideout, like many offensive players in this\u00a018-16 battle, didn’t do much. And his chance at revenge was cut short, or thrown long, with a pass from Lamar Jackson that was just out of arms length near the goal line.<\/p>\n

Before the game, though, Johnson and Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin shared a moment. Johnson has praised his former team throughout the week, and said it was a special moment getting to see his former coach, as Tomlin told him he “missed him.”<\/p>\n

“He told me keep going, keep my head up. Stuff like that,” Johnson told Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Brian Batko after the game. “That he missed me and stuff. He knew that it’s all love whenever I see him. Anybody over there. They did nothing but show me love when I was over there.”<\/p>\n

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