Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger downplayed any tension between him and Antonio Brown, saying Tuesday on KDKA-FM radio that he's "blessed" to play with the wide receiver, via Chris Adamski of TribLive:
"I am blessed to pay with him. He's one of my closest friends on the team. AB and I have been together for a long time; I owe so much of my success to him and consider him a really close friend on the team…. I know some (teammates) are frustrated. I think the biggest thing is guys tried to reach out to him and haven’t heard back; that’s what’s frustrating to those guys.