#Steelers’ Eric Ebron lashes out over postponement: ‘S–t sucks’

Eric Ebron doesn’t think he and the Steelers should have to suffer the consequences of the Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak.

The 27-year-old tight end took to social media on Thursday after the game was officially postponed to later in the season to complain that the rescheduling would force him to miss his son’s birthday party.

“im confused on how this became our problem (sic),” Ebron wrote. “my sons birthday party was bye week now i’m missing his birthday & bad enough I don’t even see my kids. s–t sucks.”

The postponement is the first of its kind for the NFL after multiple Titans players and personnel contracted the virus that has taken the lives of over 1 million people globally (over 205,000 deaths in the US) since first detected about nine months ago in Wuhan, China.

“We do not care,” Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said via NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport of having to play 13 straight games without a bye.

Ebron joined the Steelers this year by way of a two-year, $12 million contract. He began his career as the Lions’ 2014 first-round pick from North Carolina and most recently played for the Colts, with whom he earned Pro Bowl honors in 2018.