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Antonio Brown Responds to George Kittle Recruiting WR to 49ers on Twitter

George Kittle apparently attended the LeBron James School of Public Recruitment.

The San Francisco 49ers tight end took to Twitter on Tuesday, sending out a three-letter recruitment tweet to Antonio Brown—which Brown did not seem to mind:

49ers cornerback Richard Sherman and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo also got into the emoji-filled mix:

The Pittsburgh Steelers benched Brown for Sunday's win over the Cincinnati Bengals after he and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger got into an altercation, per CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora. The incident was reportedly "pretty ugly" and resulted in Brown skipping a practice, which led to him not playing in the pivotal matchup.