John Brown has a couple of teams in mind. This week, the free agent wide receiver told SiriusXM (Twitter link) that he sees the Steelers and Colts as solid fits. 
“It depends who needs receivers,” Brown said. “You know, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Big Ben is definitely good with the deep ball, and the Indianapolis Colts, [I’ve noticed] the way they use T.Y. Hilton. When we played those guys in the playoffs last year I walked off and I’m like, this team, they’re up and coming, they’re going to be a problem in the next few years.”
“So, you know, I got options, I feel like I would fit in anywhere, but those are just the main two off the top [of my head]. Anywhere I can come in and help and be a small piece to the puzzle, or if they need me to be a big piece to come in and help younger guys out and move around and do what I have to do. Those are the main two teams, though.”
The Colts would make plenty of sense for Brown. As the former Bills standout eluded to, Hilton is out of contract, and Brown could take his place on the depth chart. The Steelers, meanwhile, will probably have bigger needs to address, even if JuJu Smith-Schuster goes elsewhere.
In 2019, Brown’s first season with the Bills, he managed new career highs of 72 catches for 1,060 receiving yards. Last year, he was limited just nine games and finished with a 33/458/3 stat line. It wasn’t the ideal platform year for Brown, though he didn’t know that it would be his walk year at the time. The Bills released Brown on Wednesday; the veteran says the move came without warning.
As a Steelers fan, I can confidently say our team is the direct opposite of “up and coming.” In fact, that would describe Buffalo much better
Agree. But, if we could somehow get Brown as JuJu’s replacement, I would welcome that.
Only 6 m ill in cap space, and,.. your Steelers have WR’s. Indy looks like best place for him, but I expect BB (Pats) to go hard for him. BB loves to sign division rival players.
“Big Ben is definitely good with the deep ball”
– nobody who watched a Steelers game last season.
Yep. I think Mason hit more deep balls in his one start, than Ben did all season.
Obviously you never looked at the stats. His deep ball completion percentage which they consider 20+ yards was about 4-5% lower than career average and there are years that his percentage was worse than last season
@TJECK109
Yes, Roethlisberger was already bad on deep throws before last season. That doesn’t change my point much.
Really? Where did he rank in the league? I know these numbers but I wanna see you spout some numbers and do some real research.
Don’t mean to be polarizing here…Ben has given us many many good years but we need to move on. They need to address their succession plan now and RB position. Last thing we need is a receiver. Let’s save our quid for TJ Watt!
Ben gives the Steelers the best chance to win by a long shot, realistically. I’d rather hang onto him and delay the 30 year wait for the next generational qb by a season or two, than cut him to let Rudolph go 6-10, and then draft a bunch of mediocre qbs for 15 years. Ben can still play. He just set the record for most yards and completions in a playoff game. I get there were circumstances that allowed that, but he can still play. The biggest thing last year was the play calling, and the run game, which had a lot to do with the o-line. I think simply getting a new coordinator and drafting a LT first round fixes a lot. And they’ll add to that
Not polarizing at all. My opinion is that they still have a better chance with Ben than not. Farewell season. It’s a nice thought although difficult.
I think brown is a good fit. I’d like a more physical player, but maybe that can be James Washington’s job.
packers have entered the chat and wont stay anything
The Steelers should be very selective in free agency. Honestly unless a starting caliber C or OT is available at a bargain rate (very unlikely) they should avoid free agency altogether. Concentrate only on guys who won’t impact the compensatory draft formula and try to reap as many picks as possible for losing JuJu, Connor, Villanueva, Williamson, Feiler, Hilton, Sutton, etc. If they can resign their own guys, great
For better or worse, that’s basically how the Steelers do things every offseason.
He would help the Giants, but I don’t think he wants to have Daniel Jones throw to him.