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Tomlin: AB Situation ‘Became Something Altogether Different’ After Going AWOL

It was a week ago today that a bothersome knee for Antonio Brown began to lead us down the road we’re currently barreling down. And let me assure you that that knee is quite bothersome whether it was ever injured or not.

The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver told Head Coach Mike Tomlin about it on Wednesday, and he was excluded from practice. “That was not a big deal for us”, he said. “We came in on Thursday, he expressed continuing to feel that discomfort. Again, given the fact that this was the Cincinnati Bengals, second time a divisional opponent, in terms of the familiarity, it wasn’t anything to ring the alarm bells about.