Antonio Brown Continues To Separate Himself From Steelers

There is a great chance that Anthonio Brown leaves the Steelers. The player himself did not demand a trade deal, but told the team he would like to leave. La Canfora’s reports confirm that “Brown had issues with Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger.”

Brown also “feels like the coach is too aligned with the quarterback.” That’s what La Canfora said. This happens right after Brown was benched for missing practice sessions and getting into a thing with Roethlisberger.

But, we may not see a trade deal in near future. Brown is the best player the Steelers have, and he has just came off of another 100-catch season. The Steelers had a really bad game against the Cinncinati Bengals, meaning that they cannot survive without Brown. The Steelers are in the run for another Super Bowl win, and losing Brown is not such a good idea.

On Tuesday Jason La Canfora from CBS Sports reported that Antonio Brown has requested a trade from the Pittsburgh Steelers.

And now, there’s this:

While we’re not sure if Brown has actually requested a trade, it’s clear that he as at odds with the organization. On Tuesday, Big Ben confirmed that Brown has not returned any of his attempts to contact him since last Thursday morning. Roethlisberger said that other teammates are having the same issue with regard to trying to get into contact with Brown. 

“I’m blessed to play with him,” Roethlisberger said of Brown while adding that he was unaware of any incident between him or Brown during last Wednesday’s practice. “I consider him one of my closer friends…AB and I have been together for a long time and I owe so much of my success to him. So I consider him a really close friend on the team. I think the bigger thing is that I know some of the guys that I’ve talked to are just trying to reach out to him and haven’t heard back. So I think that’s what’s frustrating to a lot of guys.”

While time does heal most wounds, it’s clear that Brown and the Steelers have some fences to mend during the early portions of the 2019 offseason.