NEW YORK (AP) The NFL suspended Pittsburgh Steelers safety Damontae Kazee without pay for the remainder of the season for what the league described as repeated violations of rules designed to protect player safety.The ruling, i sued by NFL Vice President of Football Operations Jon Runyan on Monday, means Kazee will mi s Pittsburgh's final three regular-season games and any potential playoff games if the Steelers Marcus Pettersson Jersey (7-7) advance to the postseason.Kazee was on Saturday after hitting diving Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. in the second quarter. Pittman laid out to try and catch a pa s and Kazee made contact with Pittman's head. Pittman left the game and went into the concu sion protocol.Runyan wrote in a letter to Kazee that illegal contact with Pittman could have been avoided. Runyan pointed to Kazee's repeated violations of safety rules as one of the driving forces behind the suspension.ADVERTISEMENT Kazee, a seven-year veteran, has been fined nearly a half-dozen times by the league this season. He will forfeit around $208,000 Brian Boyle Jersey in game checks by mi sing Pittsburgh's final three games.Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Monday before the NFL announced Kazee's suspension that he would not speculate on any potential discipline, saying it doesn't help me, help (Kazee) or football itself.The suspension means Pittsburgh will be without both of its starting safeties against the Bengals. Minkah Fitzpatrick is already out with a knee injury.Kazee can appeal the decision to hearing officers Derrick Brooks or James Thrash, who have been appointed by the NFL and NFLPA to decide appeals of on-field player discipline.___AP NFL: Troy Loney Jersey