Some players do not respond well when embarrassed publicly, benched for a game and called out by the head coach for not practicing well.
One of them was not Rashard Mendenhall.
Mike Tomlin apparently pushed another right button when he did not play his young running back on offense in Cincinnati Sept. 27. The coach cited this as his reason after that game, a 23-20 Steelers loss: "Rashard wasn't on his details this week, so I chose not to play him on offense." Continue
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