Salt In The Wound: NFL Shop Sends Out Steelers Conference Championship Email
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- As if yesterday's loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars wasn't enough, many fans woke up to an email from the NFL Shop saying the Pittsburgh Steelers are conference championship bound.
@NFL I think your team over at NFL shop missed the game yesterday. Steelers aren't conference championship game bound. pic.twitter.com/OK2r0XUIBY
— Sanct1mon1a (@Sanct1mon1a) January 15, 2018
The email that went out included a photo of Steelers clothing, including an Antonio Brown jersey, with the title "Conference Championship Bound."
The only problem, the Steelers lost to the Jaguars 45-42 in Sunday's NFL divisional round.
Many fans took to social media to voice their displeasure in the mistake.
Nice work NFLShop pic.twitter.com/IWjrGqWNwY
— Gary Kinney (@garywkinneyjr) January 15, 2018
The NFL shop emailed fans with an apology late Monday afternoon saying:
Fanatics experienced an error in our email distribution system which incorrectly triggered NFLshop.com emails to a portion of NFL fans. We take full responsibility for the mistake an have already made sure it won't happen again.