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1. Tomlin on Ben Retirement Talk

“He said it so you take it seriously. That’s a fair assessment of where he is in his career. I’m not alarmed by it. That’s football. Potential of his return or not will weigh heavily on our planning. Not surprised by that thought [hide] process. That’s life. We’ll plan and react accordingly. We haven’t met yet. General our plan, he is one of the last, if not the last player [to hold exit meetings].”

On complexity of replacing Ben if he retires

“Potential for it is extremely significant because of the position.”

Tomlin said it’s not the first time he’s heard Ben question his future and Ben has told him in the past retirement was on his mind.

2. Tomlin on Bell groin injury/talk of losing draft pick

“I was aware of that. He did great job of managing it, didn’t miss any practice time.” Wasn’t something that was on our radar. “Like I said, every guy down there has something. You’d put 46 men on the injury report if that was the tipping point.”

3. Tomlin on Martavis Bryant

“I don’t know what to expect. I’m hopeful for reinstatement but I’m in a wait and see process.”

4. Tomlin on James Harrison potentially returning

“I’m open to having James Harrison back.”

5. Tomlin on Ben saying the ‘moment’ was too big for players

“I don’t know that to be a true assessment.”

6. Tomlin on Antonio Brown having six figure Facebook contract

“I don’t have information in that regard so I have no reaction” [/hide]