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Adam Jones blasts Antonio Brown's 'Academy Award'-worthy performance

Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters

Saturday's playoff matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals was a wild, ugly affair, and tensions continued to boil over after the game.

One of the biggest in-game moments took place in the final minute, when Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict hit Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown in the head, drawing a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness.

After the game, Bengals cornerback Adam Jones accused Brown - who was diagnosed with a concussion - of acting.

"Man, that (expletive) was (expletive) acting. He flopped," Jones told NFL Media's Mike Silver. "He needs a (expletive) Academy Award for that performance."

Jones also took issue with Steelers outside linebackers coach Joey Porter coming onto the field during the game.

"He ain't supposed to be on the (expletive) field," Jones said. "He was talking all kinds of (expletive), yelling at (Burfict), saying, 'You a dirty son of a bitch ... Take your bitch ass out of here ...' So I turned to him and said, 'Why are you talking?' I didn't even touch him. And they threw a flag.

"How can they throw a flag on you for talking (expletive) to a coach? Especially to a (expletive) who ain't supposed to be on the field? It'd be different if I was gonna approach a (expletive) player. There's a big (expletive) difference. I mean, Mike Tomlin wasn't even on the field. Why the (expletive) is Joey Porter on the field, period?"

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