Art Rooney Comments on Martavis Bryant Suspension

March 19, 2016   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

A week after the NFL suspended Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant for a minimum of one season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, team president Art Rooney II spoke with Mark Kaboly of TribLive.com about the troubled player while offering his support:
It is very disappointing. At the same time, we hope, to the extent where it is allowable, we will try to get him help, make sure he gets rehab and those kinds of things, but it is a disappointing situation to say the least.
This is the second time in the past year that Bryant has been suspended for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. He was forced to sit out the first four games of the 2015 season. 
In his first two seasons, Bryant showed he's a capable deep threat with plenty of speed and athleticism. The problem has been his inability to stay on the field, as he's missed 11 games due to injury and suspension.
Bryant's agent, Brian Fettner, told Tom Pelisser...

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