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The Pittsburgh Steelers drama continues to boil over this offseason. For the past few months, former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown has been beefing with QB Ben Roethlisberger who he claims has an “owner’s mentality”.
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When JuJu Smith-Schuster tried to show support for Big Ben on Twitter AB started attacking his former teammate.
I was so blessed to enter the league and play with a Hall of Fame QB as a 20-year old. Ben has taught me so much, he’s a true Leader and I can’t wait to rock with my guy this season. pic.twitter.com/Atei8eDiZC
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) March 26, 2019
Do not listen to any NFL player who haven’t got paid yet! They will do and say anything to make sure they going to get paid even if it’s compromising integrity or anything ! sad but true
— AB (@AB84) March 26, 2019
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Emotion: boy fumbled the whole post season in the biggest game of year ! Everyone went blind to busy making guys famous not enough reality these days ! 🤙🏾 by the way check the list https://t.co/2SWWT8k0jx
— AB (@AB84) April 7, 2019
Many fans have turned on Brown during his beef with Smith-Schuster but former Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall came in to defend Brown by calling Big Ben a racist during a Twitter rant this morning.
I know he seems outta pocket right now, but I seriously feel for @AB84.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall) April 11, 2019
As a black athlete in this country, you can literally lay your body out and give your entire being for a higher cause, the greater good of a TEAM.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall) April 11, 2019
And when you face the firing-squad, for something not entirely your own doing, depending on your position and skin-tone, the “team” may very-well leave your ass out to dry.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall) April 11, 2019
Alright, I’ll end the mystery… B’s racist and @AB84’s black. He had to catch balls from a racist quarterback. Every honest player knows it, it’s not a big deal. He was just supposed to take his lickings and move on, like a slave for real. https://t.co/ubI39UDauY
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall) April 11, 2019
Mendenhall tried to backpedal on his tweet three hours later but Twitter wasn’t buying it.
Clearly it’s no fun, when EVERYONE’s the accused…
Please allow the dialogue in sports to be equal. Why’s it so easy to shoot at one player, but not the other?
B’s not racist. Just like AB’s not a dirtbag.#letsbefair
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall) April 11, 2019
— justin smith (@smytieWVU) April 11, 2019
What were you thinking??? You’ve already cracked open a can of worms…. and now you’re fumbling through tweets like a Super Bowl fumble….
— BallsofSteel (@BallsofSteelPC) April 11, 2019
Former Steelers coming out talking about a former teammate like this then taking it back… it’s not like you need the attention I’m pretty sure you do just fine for yourself now. Pretty low on your part to say something like that on Twitter.
— Alex Di Tomaso (@aldt26) April 11, 2019