Start your conspiracy theories now.
Just days away from the AFC Championship game between the Steelers and Patriots, it’s now being reported that as many as 15 of Pittsburgh’s players have coming down with a 24-hour flu bug this week.
The sickness thats swept the locker room has forced players, notably including tight end Ladarius Green and wide receiver Darrius Hayward-Bey to miss practice.
A wicked flu bug has swept through the Steelers’ facility this week, causing five players to miss practice. https://t.co/boWBPIAEfB pic.twitter.com/3vFpncMTyk
— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) January 19, 2017
My photographer says to me, “It’s awful coincidental, no? #Patriots probably swabbed the flu all over their locker room” Me:? https://t.co/yeYCrEXk80
— Emily Maher (@WLKYEmily) January 19, 2017
When deflating football’s don’t work, resort to biological warfare! 
