After yet another hit on a defenseless receiver, Damontae Kazee was suspended for the rest of the regular season.<\/p>\n
On a second down and 8 in the second quarter Dec. 16, Gardner Minshew<\/u> dropped back to throw and was looking for Michael Pittman on the left side.<\/p>\n
The throw was out of Pittman’s reach, and he dove to make a catch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before he could land safely, the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/u> defensive back laid Pittman out with a big hit.<\/p>\n
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/p>\n Players from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts take a knee while Michael Pittman Jr. of the Indianapolis Colts is on the field with an injury at Lucas Oil Stadium Dec. 16, 2023, in Indianapolis.<\/span> (Justin Casterline\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Pittman lay on the turf for several minutes before walking off on his own, but the hit was enough to give him a concussion. He has since cleared protocol but is questionable this weekend with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n The Indianapolis Colts wide receiver discussed Kazee’s hit Friday, a tackle he says he doesn’t remember.<\/p>\n “I honestly never saw him coming. I was diving, I caught it, and then, all of a sudden, I woke up and there’s people looking down at me. I was like, ‘Oh, s—, what just happened?” he recalled, via ESPN.<\/p>\n Pittman said he didn’t realize the impact and scary nature of the hit until he saw his wife and daughter crying.<\/p>\n Michael Pittman Jr. of the Indianapolis Colts walks off the field with an injury in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Lucas Oil Stadium Dec. 16, 2023, in Indianapolis.<\/span> (Justin Casterline\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “I really didn’t grasp how significant it was until I watched it,” he said. “I remember sitting in my locker, and then my wife came in crying, my daughter was crying. And that’s the first time that I was like, ‘Maybe this was bad.'”<\/p>\n Pittman added that Kazee was “headhunting” and it was “not a clean hit.”<\/p>\n “But I don’t think he meant to try to impose a life-changing injury. I don’t think any player has that in them. And you never want to see guys lose games and lose that much money. … He has a family, too, and I know that’s a hefty fine,” Pittman said.<\/p>\n Kazee was fined close to $12,000 earlier this month for a hit<\/u> on the Cincinnati Bengals’ Irv Smith. It was his fifth fine of the season, his fourth for a tackle.<\/p>\n Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr., left, collides with Pittsburgh Steelers safety Damontae Kazee Dec. 16, 2023, during a game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.<\/span> (Robert Scheer\/IndyStar\/USA Today Network)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/p>\n In Week 7, Kazee was fined $11,806 for “impermissible use of the helmet,” an infraction he committed again the following week. Another fine was issued that week because of a hit to a defenseless receiver, according to Spotrac<\/u>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/i><\/a>\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/i>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n <\/div>\n![\"players](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1200\/675\/colts.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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