DK sports had this very topic on today’s DK Daily shot Steelers.
He talked about Chuks being a very likeable person and pretty good player. Also talked about a lot of false rumors going out about this incident.
Chuks was benched with 1:40 left in the game, DK inquired what it was Chuks had said. He was told and then verified it from another source (so two sources in the organization) that what Chuks said was (not quote) “we should kneel it out”, the score was 20 to 10 at that time.
Coach Tomlin benched him immediately.
My take-
A player says a lot of things in the moment of battle and speculation is Tomlin wasn’t standing for that kind of attitude but also may have used that as a projector to get JONES into the starting line up. This scenario is more than likely the case in my opinion. It keeps controversy out of the equation, like it or not, a good coaching move.
Salute the nation