MYLES GARRETT VS MASON RUDOLPH

By STEVE KING

So, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph called the assertion by Myles Garrett that the Browns defensive end called him the N-word in the teams’ game on Nov. 14 at Cleveland “a bold-faced lie.”

Hmmm. OK.

What is, specifically, a “bold-faced lie?” Is it worse than a regular lie?

Is it worse than the lie Rudolph may – or may not – be perpetuating by saying that he is “1,000 percent” sure he did not make that racial slur?

Garrett can’t prove that Rudolph used the N-word on him. But at the same time, Rudolph has no proof that he didn’t say it.

This is, as I have made the point all along, the classic he-said, he-said, with one man’s word of honor being weighed against that of another man. Who is to say who’s telling the truth? Only Garrett and Rudolph really know, and they both claim they are, which is … well, a lie.

But to contend that Garrett is wrong about the N-word claim … because, because, because he’s a mean, ol’ defensive end from the rival Browns, is as stupid as contending that Rudolph is wrong because he’s a quarterback from the rival Steelers. Both guys have culpability here, which is what so many people are trying to say.

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Garrett stupidly ripped off Rudolph’s helmet and smashed him in the head with it because he lost his cool. But this happened after Rudolph started the whole thing by grabbing the face mask of Garrett’s helmet and twisting it – with Garrett still wearing it – because he was upset that the Steelers were going to lose the game 21-7 and also because the Cleveland defense had pounded him the whole night.

Rudolph may have also been upset that Garrett was still playing hard. But Rudolph was still playing hard. He was passing the ball instead of just grabbing it and taking a knee to run out the clock and go home. If Rudolph didn’t want to be hit, then his line should have blocked better.

Look, Myles Garrett was in the wrong for what he did. Duh! Everybody knows that, and he has said it countless times. I just wish that Mason Rudolph would be honest about his part in this as well.

I am 1,000-percent sure that that will never, ever happen in a billion years.