Antonio Brown missed practices, game after dispute with teammate
 

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/201812310108

Steelers receiver Antonio Brown did not play in the season-ending game against the Cincinnati Bengals because he elected to sit out practice last week after an unspecified heated dispute with a teammate, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has learned.

Several sources said the Steelers’ decision to not play Brown against the Bengals had nothing to do with any type of knee injury.

The disagreement occurred Wednesday morning during a routine walk-through practice that precedes their regular afternoon practice on the South Side. Brown became disgusted and threw a football in anger at one of his teammates, several sources said.

After that, Brown did not practice the rest of the week. According to a source, it was Brown’s decision not to practice with his teammates.

He did not attend Saturday’s walk-through practice and skipped the Saturday night meeting at the team hotel — the latest in missed meetings by the All-Pro receiver. Brown was never on the field for the start of the game against the Bengals and left Heinz Field at halftime, according to multiple sources.

According to several sources, Brown showed up at Heinz Field expecting to play against the Bengals. That surprised several players, including one who called the situation “embarrassing” and “the worst I’ve seen.” That player said the entire situation and the way it was handled affected his desire to play in the game.

Brown has turned into quite the diva. :shake:

Wonderful to see the $tealer$ imploding.

Well he could probably be had for pretty cheap but he’s getting qb money so they’re oretty much ****ed

Sign him before Belichick does.

Can you imagine him on the outside with Hill and Mahomes' cannon?

Lord have mercy...

Star player sitting out of a must win game because of an argument. It’s really hard to like this guy.

No thanks. He's got the most toxic personality in the NFL today.

This after all the main NFL tweeters were pushing this narrative of Brown really pushing to play, playing through the pain, etc...he's a real POS and this story is just the tip of the iceberg to that.

Guess he just wasn’t feeling it in his spirit.

He's also in the most toxic environment in the NFL today. Pittsburgh is a mess with the inmates running the asylum.

Get him in a structured system with the kind of culture we have here and who knows. If it doesn't work out then cut him, but he's too great of a talent not to take a chance on.

Not sure you want Mahomes to have to deal with a Diva this early in his career.

I think they miss Todd Haley

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was told this afternoon by a source during Steelers locker room clean out that Antonio Brown threw a ball near/at feet of Ben Roethlisberger and walked out of practice. Post-Gazette reporting Brown skipped Sat walkthrough and expected to play Sunday. He didn’t. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticPGH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAthleticPGH</a></p>&mdash; Mark Kaboly (@MarkKaboly) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkKaboly/status/1079855754553843714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ahhh. It’s nice to know that the end is near for Pittsburgh!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The altercation that led Antonio Brown&#39;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</p>&mdash; Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/1079856400355000321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>