Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, according to multiple reports, is not expected to be suspended for any of his actions against the Steelers, which included a second-half hit that sent both Brown and Bengals safety Jessie Bates into concussion protocol and briefly out of the game.

On Monday, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin didn’t express issues with Burfict's play, which is subject to league review for potential fines.

“Everybody makes comments on everything No. 55 does,” Lewis said. “They don’t comment on anything anybody else does. Let’s just leave it at that.”

Burfict didn't answer questions in the locker room following the game. But he injected himself into an interaction between reporters and Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick.

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Kirkpatrick was asked if Burfict might get fined for what appeared to be extending his forearm on the hit delivered to Brown.

"For what?" Kirkpatrick said.

Bengals safety Shawn Williams yelled as he walked by: "It's football. People hit people."

Kirkpatrick continued: "We've got to see what they called. The dude just plays football. I don't think that was intentional. I didn't see it. Obviously, you just brought it up to me. Let's just play football. They've got to relax out there, you know, and give him a chance, really evaluate the tackle."

Burfict approached and interrupted: "What they say, Dre?"

"I got you," Kirkpatrick said.

"Man, get your (butt) out of our locker room," Burfict said to a reporter, who responded by asking, "Do you want to talk about it?"

Burfict kept walking out of the locker room.

He made eight tackles in the 28-21 loss in his second game back after serving a four-game suspension to begin the season. Burfict, who was briefly sidelined with a shoulder injury, played 61 snaps against the Steelers after logging 34 the week before versus Miami.

"He's getting there," Austin said. "He probably was a little bit more than he was expecting yesterday, because Nick (Vigil) went down and it kind of screws with your rotation a little bit in terms of bringing them back slowly. But he handled it well, he came out a little bit in the second and was back in there for most of the second half. He fought his way through it and that was good to see."

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