It seems clear in the clip below that dove at the back of legs during Sunday's Steelers-Chiefs matchup. That's about as dirty as it gets, Mike Mitchell. Dan Hanzus (@DanHanzus) At the time, , though after the game he conceded that he didn't know if the hit was intentional Alex Tuch Women Jersey . On Monday, Mitchell told reporters that he is not, in fact, a dirty player and can explain what happened on the play. "I felt myself tripping," Mitchell said, via . "I felt myself being pushed. I felt myself losing balance. I William Carrier Kids Jersey was aware of the rule. If you watch the tape, I'm trying to turn my body while I'm falling. Alex is backpedaling into me. I wasn't even going in the direction of Alex. He actually is throwing and fading away. There are a lot of things that go into the play that make it an accident." This version of the hit appears to show linebacker pushing Mitchell, who Cody Eakin Women Jersey then lost his balance and crashed into Smith. Here is Mike Mitchell low hit on Alex Smith. Looks like Anthony Chickillo may push him a bit from behind, but yeah, you be the judge. Josh Rowntree (@JRown32) "The video shows what it shows," Mitchell continued. "I wasn't trying to take Smith's knees out. I went up to him and told him that. If you look back at my statements over the past two or three years, I think I've given Alex Smith more credit than anyone in the Brayden McNabb Men Jersey media before this season. Factcheck that. "I'm not a dirty player. I'm not out here trying to take his legs out. It's just one of those things you don't want to see in a football game. It's unfortunate that it happened because it ended up kind of flipping our momentum in the field in a significant way. We were in dominant control of that football game, and really before that it really wasn't interesting from our standpoint." Mitchell's right -- the Steelers' defense manhandled the league's best offense in the first half and it wasn't until late in the game that Smith got the going. In the end, it Shea Theodore Men Jersey wasn't enough; Pittsburgh prevailed, 19-13. Meanwhile, intentional or otherwise, the NFL will almost certainly fine Mitchell for his personal-foul penalty.