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Antonio Brown: Bruce Arians Held Me Back, Ben Roethlisberger ‘Only Reason I Even Started’ For Steelers

Antonio Brown was one of the most electric football players in NFL history throughout his nine seasons with the team. As a sixth-round draft pick in 2010, he had an uphill battle to see playing time and eventually earn the full-time starting job. By his second season, he had over 1,000 yards receiving and by his third season, he was the full-time starter on the outside.

In his second season, with 1,108 receiving yards, he only started three games which is pretty unusual given his stats. Why wasn’t he given the starting job sooner given his production? He cleared some things up as a guest on the most recent episode of The Pivot Podcast.