Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jesse James thinks that the current drama surrounding the team is starting to rival the Kardashians.
The issues started with Le'Veon Bell surprisingly holding out the entire season, and now, the Steelers find themselves dealing with problems surrounding star wide receiver Antonio Brown.
After reportedly being benched for the Week 17 game against the Cincinnati Bengals due to an alleged altercation with Ben Roethlisberger, there are rumors swirling that Brown may be frustrated to the point of wanting a trade.
So, with all of that going on, James seems to describe the drama pretty well in comparing it to the drama of the reality TV stars.
From Kevin Skiver of CBS Sports:
“Ah man, we are — Kardashians. We have, I mean, we're something,” James said, per Penn Live. “It's Le'Veon Bell issues, you have more stuff popping up weekly, Jeremy Fowler's reporting stuff about Le'Veon every other week. There's just people calling people out. We were in the front of the ticker on ESPN too much for just reasons that weren't related to football and not for us playing great ball. It was more distractions.”
Of course, what isn't helping matters is the fact that the Steelers missed the playoffs after a 7-2-1 start on the season.
That has likely played a role in some of the most recent frustrations from the parties involved, but there's no doubt that the Pittsburgh front office has a lot of things to figure out this offseason with the issues both on and off the field.
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