Pittsburgh Steelers receiver DK Metcalf pulled a fan within the stands towards him and lashed out at his face throughout a sport towards the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
One other clip seems to point out Metcalf striking at the fan and pulling him down, maybe by the shirt.
The blue-hair-wigged fan, who recognized himself as Ryan Kennedy from Pinckney, Michigan, mentioned Metcalf obtained offended when he addressed the longtime star by his full identify, DeKaylin Zecharius Metcalf.
“I known as him that after which he grabbed me and ripped my shirt,” Kennedy informed the Detroit Free Press. “I’m a bit of shocked. Like everybody’s speaking to me. I’m a bit of rattled, however I simply need the Lions to win, child.”
The Lions didn’t win, and after the Steelers’ 29-24 victory, Metcalf could be suspended and fined by the NFL.
Metcalf didn’t take questions from reporters afterward, and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin declined to remark, The Associated Press reported.
Neither Metcalf nor the fan was ejected after the second-quarter incident.
The participant initially approached the spectator as a result of he was holding a yellow jersey with No. 4, Metcalf’s quantity, CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson mentioned, per ESPN.
“That’s not gonna have nice penalties,” play-by-play broadcaster Jim Nantz mentioned after viewing the replay.
Metcalf couldn’t have been disqualified from the sport as a result of the referees didn’t throw a flag throughout the confrontation, the Free Press famous.
