In 2011, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ future looked bright, awash in talent at the wide receiver position. Mike Wallace was continuing to streak past defenders while Antonio Brown had just begun to emerge, and Emmanuel Sanders was contributing as well. They were the core group, the future.
They were also the Young Money Crew, and with a name like that, it should be no surprise that the Steelers were only able to keep one of the three. Brown, actually the youngest and least pedigreed of the three, was the first to ‘cash in’, after the team and Wallace failed to come to terms in the 2012 offseason.