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Antonio Brown returns, speaks and vents: 'I can’t really express myself in this game'

Steelers receiver Antonio Brown has some issues his head coach and at least one former coach as well as the media. And now, for the first time in his career, he feels the freedom to speak his mind about his perceived mistreatment.

Brown, a perennial All-Pro, showed up at mandatory minicamp Tuesday after skipping most of the team’s voluntary organized team activities in recent weeks.

“I needed a little personal time with myself to get my mind right,” Brown said before the team’s first practice of minicamp. “The game requires a lot of mental happiness. The older you get the more you start thinking about what’s important.