Brown returns to practice facility
PITTSBURGH 无毛视频� Antonio Brown returned to the Pittsburgh Steelers无毛视频� practice facility on Tuesday for a meeting with Mike Tomlin, and again on Wednesday for a full day of meetings and practice.
无毛视频淗e and I met yesterday for an extended period of time,无毛视频� Tomlin said. 无毛视频淭here was discipline involved for his missed meeting. Some of the other things we talked about extensively, he无毛视频檒l speak for himself on some of those things.无毛视频�
Brown is expected to talk to the media Thursday, but on Wednesday the offensive captains did the talking for him after his tantrum on the sideline Sunday led to a missed meeting Monday.
Brown was fined by Tomlin for missing the meeting, but his mid-game tantrum that was directed at offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner didn无毛视频檛 seem to bother teammates.
无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 not worried about AB,无毛视频� said Maurkice Pouncey. 无毛视频淎B无毛视频檚 the ultimate competitor. He loves playing football. He cares about winning. AB don无毛视频檛 just care about stats. You can tell by the way he plays he loves winning football games. He loves making an impact. And whenever you无毛视频檙e a competitor like that and things aren无毛视频檛 going the way the whole team wants, things sometimes are going to flare up.
无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 totally fine. It happened last year and we went all the way and had a bye week. The guy无毛视频檚 a competitor.无毛视频�
无毛视频淚 think he无毛视频檚 the best in the world,无毛视频� said Ben Roethlisberger. 无毛视频淲hen you无毛视频檙e the best in the world, you want to help, you want to win football games. We无毛视频檙e all a little frustrated because we want to win right now.无毛视频�
The Steelers, of course, lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 42-37, but Brown无毛视频檚 outburst occurred at the time James Conner was scoring the fourth touchdown on four consecutive Steelers possessions.
Conner无毛视频檚 touchdown ultimately tied the game, 28-28, but Brown无毛视频檚 outburst seemed to suck the air out of the Steelers. The Chiefs scored touchdowns on their next two possessions to put the game away. The Steelers, meanwhile, gained only 29 yards on their next two series, which included only one catch for 11 yards by Brown.
Brown finished the game with 9 catches (17 targets) for 67 yards as he and Roethlisberger struggled to connect on deeper patterns. After the game, Brown stormed out of the locker room, and the next day, when a former Steelers employee tweeted an opinion that Brown was lucky to be drafted by a team with Roethlisberger, Brown responded 无毛视频淭rade me let无毛视频檚 find out无毛视频� and didn无毛视频檛 show up for work.
Roethlisberger wasn无毛视频檛 offended by Brown无毛视频檚 tweet.
无毛视频淗e didn无毛视频檛 attack me or anything like that,无毛视频� Roethlisberger said. 无毛视频淚 think he was more attacking someone that wanted to get a rise out of him. So, I know Antonio didn无毛视频檛 feel that way.无毛视频�
Roethlisberger avoids social media, and has advised teammates to do the same. 无毛视频淭here无毛视频檝e been times I无毛视频檝e just told guys, 无毛视频楬ey, try and be smart,'无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淏ecause isn无毛视频檛 that the point of trolls? People who just sit behind their computer in their mom无毛视频檚 basement or wherever, they are trying to bait you into saying things. I just think you have to be smart and rise above it at times.无毛视频�
Because of the 0-1-1 start, and because of the disorganization on defense Sunday, the team无毛视频檚 perception 无毛视频� compounded by Brown无毛视频檚 tantrum and Le无毛视频橵eon Bell无毛视频檚 continued absence 无毛视频� is taking a beating. The Steelers have been ridiculed for lacking discipline and have been called a 无毛视频渃ircus,无毛视频� among other things. Roethlisberger was asked what he would do to eliminate the distractions.
无毛视频淚 love this franchise, this organization,无毛视频� Roethlisberger said. 无毛视频淚t starts at the top with the Rooneys. Art is a great leader for all of us, and there无毛视频檚 a reason that there无毛视频檚 only been a few coaches here. If there were issues at that level, we would have a lot more turnover there. I think at some point the coaches have to do their thing but it also comes down to players doing theirs.无毛视频�
What would that entail?
无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 just about being about your business, about your job, and going out there to practice, to meetings, being on time, and making sure you hold guys accountable.无毛视频�
无毛视频淗e无毛视频檚 not the only guy who gets frustrated in games,无毛视频� Roethlisberger added. 无毛视频淲e all get frustrated. Like I said, when you无毛视频檙e the best in the world, you might get a little more frustrated than others. AB无毛视频檚 a very passionate football player. I think we all know that. The fans know that. And that无毛视频檚 what makes him special 无毛视频� his passion for this game and the passion to be great. So we don无毛视频檛 want to take that away from him. When he无毛视频檚 getting frustrated in games, I just tell him to stay with me, talk to me, communicate with me, let me know if I missed you on something. If there无毛视频檚 a way you无毛视频檙e getting open and I didn无毛视频檛 see it, let无毛视频檚 just talk and communicate. And he does a great job of doing that.无毛视频�
NOTES: David DeCastro tried to practice with his broken hand but left practice in pain after, teammates said, he fired his helmet into the ground. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 pretty sure he无毛视频檒l be fine,无毛视频� Pouncey said. 无毛视频淚 think he was more mad than anything. He probably didn无毛视频檛 cover it enough. We无毛视频檒l see. Dave无毛视频檚 tough, man, trust me. He injured that in the first game and played two more quarters. He无毛视频檚 really, really tough. If Dave can be out there, he can be out there.无毛视频� Pouncey said DeCastro fired his helmet one other time during a practice. 无毛视频淟ast year we got into a fight out there with one of the D-lineman and he threw it. He无毛视频檚 OK. Trust me.无毛视频� 无毛视频� But are Marcus Gilbert (hamstring) and Ramon Foster (knee) OK? Gilbert believes his injury had to do with playing back-to-back 80-snap games, one in the rain. 无毛视频淎nd we无毛视频檝e got a lot of miles on the tires,无毛视频� Gilbert said. 无毛视频淎s you get older, you need (rest) days like this. Come Monday, I think the guys will be able to play.无毛视频�