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Antonio Brown is not on good terms with QB Ben Roethlisberger.
Last month it was reported that Brown had requested a trade from the team after a heated exchange with QB Ben Roethlisberger in practice.
The altercation that led Antonio Brown's benching last week was with Ben Roethlisberger. Im told it was fairly ugly and the WR was totally in the wrong. He went AWOL essentially for the 3rd time this season dating back to training camp
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) December 31, 2018
Former NFL wide receiver and current NFL Network analyst James Jones went on the record to say that he heard from multiple Steelers players that Roethlisberger’s constantly belittling of Brown reached a boiling point last week in practice.
“I have talked to a couple people in the Pittsburgh Steelers organization and they told me this has been lingering on,” Jones said. “I’ve been told in meetings [Roethlisberger] would take shots at AB. Like, ‘I don’t got to throw you the ball,’ and things like that. Wednesday in practice, I heard he ran the wrong route, Big Ben threw the ball on the ground, said, ‘Get him out of here. Get somebody else in there,’ and that’s when AB was at his boiling point and that’s when he went off.”
During a Twitter Q and A today Brown blasted Roethlisberger for having an “owner’s mentality” and acting like he’s beyond criticism while criticising others
Antonio Brown is throwing it all out there today pic.twitter.com/iEDROkprNR
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 16, 2019
Brown’s comments come a day after he liked several tweets calling out Roethlisberger over his past sexual assault allegeations.
Antonio Brown liked tweets that said Ben Roethlisberger "raped"pic.twitter.com/4DvBhxSusG
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 15, 2019
Antonio Brown’s liked tweets are something. Yikes. #Steelers pic.twitter.com/7maO8pRZAP
— Daniel Valente (@StatsGuyDaniel) February 15, 2019