Coach Rex Ryan of the New York Jets labeled as “bush league” a dive that safety Mike Mitchell of the Pittsburgh Steelers made over the line of scrimmage at quarterback Michael Vick late in Sunday’s game when the Jets were running out the clock.

On Tuesday, coach Mike Tomlin of the Steelers agreed.

“It was not professional,” Tomlin said at his weekly news conference. “We don’t want to play football like that. Mike is an emotional guy, he’s new to us, learning how we do business.

“(Mitchell) came over and said something to me prior to that sequence on the sideline. I couldn’t hear what he said. I just kind of acknowledged him and nodded. I guess that he assumed that I gave him those instructions, the OK for him to do that.

“I showed that play to the team (on Monday) and just wanted to be very clear about how we play and what it is we value.”

Mitchell tried to time the snap on a play in which the Jets were lined up in “Victory Formation,” with Vick planning to take a knee to run out the clock.