PITTSBURGH (AP) -Linebacker LaMarr Woodley isn’t apologizing for saying the Patriots and Bengals would “lay down” in their season-ending games so the Super Bowl champion Steelers wouldn’t return to the playoffs.
Woodley’s reasoning: Did anyone watch the Bengals lose to the Jets 37-0 on Sunday night?
The Bengals’ lethargic effort didn’t matter to the Steelers – they were eliminated by then – and Woodley isn’t blaming any lack of help from playoff-bound teams for Pittsburgh’s failure to return to the postseason.
Woodley doesn’t think it’s necessary for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to introduce incentives for teams to keep playing their starters after their playoff position is secure, even though he wanted the Bengals and Patriots to do exactly that.
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