Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown was a no-show for practice on Monday, team sources tell Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The reason for his absence is unclear, but it may be cause for concern after Brown had an unusual Twitter exchange with a former Steelers employee. 
After an ex-Steelers PR man intimated that Brown would not be an elite receiver without teammate Ben Roethlisberger, Brown responded, “Trade me let’s find out.” Brown’s decision to skip practice isn’t necessarily related, however, and it’s even possible that his absence was excused by coach Mike Tomlin. At the moment, details are scarce, but Brown did appear to be upset on the field during the Steelers’ 42-37 loss to the Chiefs and reportedly left the locker room in a huff.
Brown, the league’s most talented wide receiver, was as fearsome as ever in 2017 as he caught 101 passes for a league-leading 1,533 yards with nine touchdowns. After yet another spectacular season, Brown earned his sixth career Pro Bowl selection and fourth consecutive First-Team All-Pro nod.
The star receiver inked an extension with Pittsburgh in February of 2017. At the time, the four-year, $68MM extension made him the highest-paid receiver of all-time on a yearly basis with an average annual value of $17MM. This offseason, the 30-year-old agreed to tweak his payout structure in order to give the Steelers some cap relief.
For what it’s worth, Roethlisberger believes that Brown’s sideline flare-up with offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner was “just frustration,” and doesn’t believe that the receiver wants to be traded (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler). Still, Big Ben says that he’ll talk with Brown on Wednesday.
Lots of problems in Pittsburgh……,,
And it all starts at the top.
The toxic twins will never win anything!
The no ring mafia reigns in Pittsburgh
Eagles trade for him!!
He would look great in Jets green and white.
He wouldn’t go to the Jets
He would if they offered the right package for the Steelers.
“Didn’t get my touches and by the way I want more money.”
That’s not accurate because his stats and the next man up on the contract front dictated him being the highest paid WR at that time but he took way less guaranteed money than he should have
His answer to that at the time was he works hard and he intends to meet every incentive and play every year of that deal
With that Tomlin is not the right coach here anymore The inmates truly run the asylum in Pitt
And my feeling is if the Rooney’s keep Tomlin than anybody that has had a me first attitude in any scenario has to go
If they choose to move on from Tomlin than they need to blow it all up as well and get as many draft assets as possible
Either way this window has closed and this roster needs to be broken down and torn apart now do the Steelers don’t go thru the cap he’ll they have set themselves up for & they can get future assets for the good players they have on the team.
Bench his ass for a week. Tomlin needs to lay down the law or resign.
I agree