They came. They saw. They conquered. Then the Jaguars made sure everyone in the 412 area code heard about it.
After a thrilling 45-42 victory over the Steelers at Heinz Field on Sunday, Jaguars players voiced their pleasure in ruining a possible AFC championship rematch between the Steelers and Patriots. Much of the trash talk was aimed at Pittsburgh safety Mike Mitchell and running back Le'Veon Bell, both of whom were clearly looking past Jacksonville ahead of the divisional matchup.
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The Jaguars official Twitter account remembered what Mitchell had to say...
#Jaguars beating Steelers on and off the field. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/1YInYWdkO7
— Dan Worthington (@danWorthington) January 14, 2018
And Bell's prediction provided some extra motivation.
I love round 2’s...we’ll have two round 2’s in back to back weeks...
— Le'Veon Bell (@L_Bell26) January 14, 2018
Bell’s tweet definitely pissed these dudes off.
— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) January 14, 2018
Postgame media availability essentially became a gigantic "hold this L" session.
Here's a sampling of what was said in the Jaguars locker room.
Jaguars on Le'Veon Bell's tweet
Calais said they all saw Le’Veon Bell’s tweet last night about Round 2 after #Patriots win. “You’ve got to earn it.”
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 14, 2018
Jackson on Bell's tweet--"They said they were gonna be in Boston. So I guess they are gonna be in Boston watching us. We'll send them Jags jerseys so they can support us."
— Tim Benz (@TimBenzPGH) January 14, 2018
Myles Jack on whether he saw Bell’s tweet: “Oh, for sure. Yannick (Ngakoue) had actually screenshotted it for me.”
— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) January 14, 2018
Jaguars on Mike Mitchell's trash talk
Steelers S Mike Mitchell stood outside Jags locker room before game talking smack: "Ya'll gonna know my name," Jags players reported he said.
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) January 14, 2018
AJ Bouye on Mike Mitchell: "He doesn’t really do much over there, I guess, except for talk. So he said we’re going to know his name, I still don't remember his name. I know its Mike something. He’ll be watching us next week."
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) January 14, 2018
Jalen Ramsey just called Mike Mitchell “Mike what’s-his-name.”
— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) January 14, 2018
Jaguar players yelling for Mike mitchell as they entered the locker room. Bunch of guys screaming in the locker room: "Go ahead Le’Veon! Retire."
— Tim Benz (@TimBenzPGH) January 14, 2018
Jaguars generally finding joy in beating Steelers
#Jaguars nose tackle Marcell Dareus listening in on Calais Campbell interview talking about beating #Steelers: “Stop saying great. You can’t say they a great team cuz they got their ass whooped today.”
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 14, 2018
Jags CB Jalen Ramsey: “I was wondering why they were so confident. We stung their ass last time.” ...Were they mad about the disrespect? “We don’t give a f***. We really don’t care.”
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 14, 2018
More from Jackson--..."They received an ass kicking and acted like they didn't get their asses kicked so we did it again. Now they are gonna have a long offseason & worry abt how the Jags kicked their ass."
— Tim Benz (@TimBenzPGH) January 14, 2018
Telvin Smith: “I feel like they lost the game before they even played it.”
— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) January 14, 2018
