Several team leaders, including defensive captain James Farrior, said running back Rashard Mendenhall made a mistake by voicing inflammatory opinions on Twitter about the death of Osama bin Laden. "He made some comments that he probably shouldn't have made at the sensitive time that it was," Farrior said. "You can voice your opinions, but you don't want to try to offend people that have strong feelings about that. You've got to think about everybody that's involved." The Steelers were quick to distance themselves from Mendenhall's comments, with president Art Rooney II saying in a prepared statement that it was "hard to even comprehend" what the team's first-round draft pick in 2008 meant. "You live and you learn, and I hope everybody accepts his apology," said cornerback Ike Taylor. "Some mistakes are bigger than others, and I say this is a huge mistake. It's just something you can't say. He'll learn from it. "As long as he doesn't keep making the same mistake we're all good with it."