The Pittsburgh Steelers are moving into Week 12 of the NFL regular season, and as the team prepares for the Cincinnati Bengals, we continue to provide you with features, commentary and opinions to tide you over until the next game starts!

Today in the black-and-gold links article we take a look at how there are two sides to this Mason Rudolph/Myles Garrett fiasco.

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Steelers fans know all too well about Myles Garrett’s role in the fiasco on Thursday night, but what about Mason Rudolph’s role in the entire situation?

John Steigerwald: Steelers QB Mason Rudolph shouldn’t get off so easily in Myles Garrett fight By: John Steigerwald, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Has everybody calmed down? Let’s try to take a nonhysterical look at what happened Thursday night in Cleveland. Myles Garrett of the Browns hit Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph on his helmetless head with his own helmet. And now Garrett is suspended indefinitely, for the rest of this season at least. Rudolph was fined but not suspended. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey was suspended three games. Let’s go to the video tape and see what actually happened. There are 13 seconds left in the game, and the Browns are leading 21-7. The Steelers are on their own 17-yard line, and, for some reason, they tried to gain yardage with a pass to Trey Edmunds. Here’s something that didn’t happen, contrary to what many — if not most people — on this side of the Pennsylvania-Ohio border would have you believe: Garrett did not take a cheap shot at Rudolph. He wrapped Rudolph up with a bear hug a split second after the ball was released to Edmunds, standing a few feet away in the backfield. Garrett didn’t drive Rudolph into the turf. He fell and pulled Rudolph on top of him, which takes us to something else that didn’t happen. There was no flag on the play.

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Outside of the brawl at the end of the Week 11 game vs. the Browns, the NFL’s concussion policy is being tested this season.

Helmet hits in Steelers-Browns game test NFL’s concussion-reduction strategy By: Joe Rutter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review The Pittsburgh Steelers will begin a week of preparations Monday for their next game, and they will do so with three players, including two starters, in the NFL concussion protocol. Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson and linebacker Ola Adeniyi were placed in the protocol after suffering concussions in the Steelers’ 21-7 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. Smith-Schuster and Johnson exited after being on the receiving end of helmet-to-helmet hits by Browns defensive backs. Johnson had blood running out of his ear as he was being escorted to the medical tent after Damarious Randall’s hit that warranted an ejection for the Browns safety. Adeniyi was hurt making a tackle on punt coverage after the first series of the game.

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Get ready for plenty of fines from the NFL after Week 11.

Report: NFL to fine around 10 players for leaving bench during Thursday’s fight By: Josh Alper, ProFootballTalk In Friday’s announcement of suspensions for three players and fines for the Browns and Steelers related to the fight at the end of Thursday night’s game, the NFL said more fines would be coming for players who were involved in the fracas. That group is expected to include Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph along with players from both teams who left the bench during the fight. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that around 10 players are expected to be fined this week for going onto the field. The league is still reviewing video of the incident before formally issuing the penalties. Players who leave the bench and don’t get involved in a fight can be fined $3,507 for a first offense. Getting involved ups the fine to $7,017 for a first offense.

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