Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant was told by team brass that he should expect to be inactive on Sunday (Twitter link via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com). This comes on the heels of word that Bryant was practicing with the scout team on Wednesday (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler). 
When asked why he won’t be playing this weekend, Bryant told reporters (Twitter link) that it all stems from “social media.” Earlier this week, Bryant got into it with a fan on Instagram who asserted that teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster was the superior wide receiver.
“JuJu is no where near better than me, fool,” Bryant wrote. “All they need to do is give me what I want and y’all can have JuJu and whoever else.”
Of course, that social media spat came in the midst of Bryant’s very vocal dissatisfaction with his role in the offense. Bryant’s reps requested a trade earlier this month, but the Steelers say they will not part with him between now and the Halloween deadline.
For now, Bryant has been demoted in practice while Justin Hunter takes his reps.
Different situation, but I wish the Texans would do this with Duane Brown. He held out when he knew they needed him with their awful o line while he will make $20mm over the next two years. I would love for them to make him inactive.
Why? What did he do? He didn’t get paid while he sat out, right? He disrespect the organiZation publicly did he? Because you didn’t like the way he negotiated?
Solidstool….my favorite jailhouse lawyer, u never mention anything of substance, u just take what someone else has written and spin it into lame questions….? Why…? Ur boy Martavius is a lil crybaby punk, cant even start on scout team, figures that’s your hero……He’s No JuJu !!!!
Is that you MICHAEL SAM?? Sorry, but I have girlfriend, big fella.