Browns’ Garrett insists Steeler used racial slur

He says he knows what he heard.

Myles Garrett — who was suspended indefinitely in November for his in-game altercation with Steelers' quarterback Mason Rudolph — has reiterated Rudolph used a racial slur towards him in the final seconds of that Nov. 14 game.

“I was going to go make a play, he's winding back to throw, I'm going to hit him in the strike zone, I'm not trying to do anything illegal. I go to take him down, he says some words as we're going down,” the Browns defensive end told ESPN's “Outside the Lines” reporter Mina Kimes in a segment that aired Thursday.

“He called me the N-word, he called me a ‘stupid [Nword],'” Garrett continued. “I don't say the N-word. To me, it just shouldn't be said, whether it's by family, friends, anyone. And I don't want to use it because I don't want to find that appropriate around me for anyone to use.”

The altercation turned ugly when Garrett pulled off Rudolph's helmet and hit him over the head with it. The two teams ended up brawling in the end zone.

“So when he [Rudolph] said it, it kind of sparked something,” Garrett said. “But I still tried to let it go and still walk away. Once he came back, he kind of reignited the situation.”

Garrett, who made the accusation back in November during his initial appeal, was reinstated by the NFL earlier this week. He ended up missing six games for the helmet-swinging brawl.

Rudolph denied the claim during a press conference that month.

When the accusation was leaked to the public, Garrett said he wished he hadn't brought it up.

“I didn't want to try to use it as justification for my actions, because there's nothing to justify,” Garrett told Kimes.

“There's nothing I can say or do to justify what I did on that day.

“Most quarterbacks wear mics in their helmets. He somehow lost his helmet and had to get another one without a mic,” Garrett continued. “There were guys who were mic'd up near me, near us, during that time and they didn't hear anything and from what I've heard, there have been audio during that game that could have heard something or could not have heard something, but they don't want to say.”