Antonio Brown just stfu please

most backups are not long time starters. i called where the ball was going pre snap for most of the game. vick stared them down before the ball was snapped. don't think nfl teams don't know this too. hassleback looked pretty good for his team. MT has forced MV on this offense and he's taken away our ability to function in a lot of scenario's. this is simple throws ex starters should be able to make. we better hope like heck bell doesn't go down with the extra defensive pressure teams are spending on stopping him alone. we have to be able to spread that ball around, backup or not. he's not your typical backup qb nor was he brought in to be. we had 10 frigging yards of offense in the 3rd quarter. if vick is still this far off of his passing he needs replaced. win or not. it very easily could have been our 2nd straight loss. we pulled that out of our arses. SD gave us some gifts. it wasn't what vick gave the offense for most of the game. we went to our bread and butter play makers, all except AB.

 

everyone just shutup and focus on the next game
this BS doesn't happen in new England
no fault by anyone
it's a team sport
DO YOUR JOB TO THE BEST YOU CAN
someone give Brown a stick so he can draw up a play that works
Vick get your head in the game more
Tomlin you better get another win against the cards in your house
Butler if palmer torches us I'm..
wait maybe I should shutup
carry on
GO STEELERS

 

I'm normally a guy who say stfu when players start talking to the media but in this case I'm going to say keep talking Mr. Brown. Everything he has said is true and as a veteran leader on the team and yes he is a vet and a leader he is doing his job. This isn't a diva clamoring for more throws his way because the team isn't throwing his way or enough. This is about winning football games and Vick isn't throwing to Brown and letting him make plays that will help win games. It isn't about a 5 for 50 streak it is about winning football games.

 

I found nothing wrong it what he said. He wants to be involved more, and with the comments i'm sure that he will be against Zona this week.
Better use him better this week if they want a chance. Vick as said doesn't want to make the big mistake, as he will. He can't read Defenses. He also doesn't go through progressions(check downs) very well.

Again, they are going to need Brown's playmaking ability in this game. They better figure it out. Hopefully Ben is back for the KC game. Not feeling positive about this tilt.

 

look at all the wide receivers that have left the Steelers that Played with Ben. The only WR to have an success was plaxico
How is Holmes Wallace and Cotchery doing

 

Why shouldn't Vick be criticized by other players for his poor performance? He should have told the reporter that he's not really sure how they even won that game and that they will need that same luck if they want to beat Arizona with #2 taking the snaps.

Bottom line. Vick needs to play better and if nobody tells him that then we have no shot at winning the game this Sunday.

 

...and ironically they would be 2-0 with Vick at QB had Antonio Brown been able to catch a ball that hit him right in the breadbasket.

Im obviously in the minority here so I went back and reread the article....and I stand by my original post. Look, Im not claiming that Brown is a Diva, Im not saying that he's any less of a player, Im not taking anything away from him. He's still the best WR in the game. He's still a tremendous athlete. But that doesn't exempt him from stepping out of line. And he did here.

Yes there is a lot of truth to what is said here in his defense. They do need to figure out a way to get him the ball more often. And the old cliche of "thats just the competitor in him, and that's what I want to hear" holds water. But this is something that you keep in house. You talk it over with Tomlin. You talk it over with Haley. You talk it over with Vick. But you ABSOLUTELY do not put that out in the media. EVER. Thats NOT what a veteran leader says.

As others have said above, Vick is lacking confidence in Vick. And clamoring for the ball and lobbying for yourself and your stats (which IMO IS what this is about....they are a BROWN drop away from being 2-0 with Vick, so it CANT be about winning FB games) isn't the way to go about instilling confidence in your 3rd string QB. As said 58Stillers said, it's only a matter of time before a confidence lacking Vick forces a ball to Brown and throws a pick 6.

Maybe I'm expecting too much, but I expect his intelligence to match his work ethic and production.

By saying what he said he's either A) too stupid to know better, or B) to arrogant to care.

Take your pick, neither are good.

 

The problem with any article like this is that we don't really know what question was posed to him, by whom and in what order he said all those things. Why did it take AB 27 times to essentially say the very same thing that Steeler Nation and his team mates and coaches already obviously know? Was he being egged on? Was every reporter asking him the same question and he kept responding with the same line of answers? One part that stuck out was when he said he was happiest when Steelers are winning AND he is racking up big stats. The implication is then that he is NOT happy when the Steelers are winning he he is NOT racking up huge stats. I'd much rather have Vick in the interim work on just managing the offense much better and hitting ANY open receiver and not be concerned about AB's stats. Sorry this doesn't line up with most other posters on this thread but our passing offense concerns right now are much bigger and more complex than just AB not getting the ball, although if they could connect, part of the problem could be resolved.

 

Funny when Wallace complained some folks were ready to run him out of town.

 

To be honest, Vick is a 3rd string QB, not a #2.

 

Very true and good point
I do not know the exact context in which the question was asked and answered. I really would like to see (or hear) the unedited interview. THAT would possibly make me change my mind.

 

Mercy - that's a bunch of freaking questions. Do players have to stand there that long and take questions or can they just say: "Pardon me, I have to go rotate the air in my tires"?

 

Damn ttf you must really want me to change my mind.

I'll read and listen later when I'm home.

 

Now you sound just like a Honda salesman on the TV ads.

 

He seems to be trying to turn each answer around to "I'm just happy with a win, now let's move on."

 

Every star wr would say the same thing. They want more touches and trust me to make a play. Hines ward even said it ...the man is looking to help the team and I know he's frustrated

 

Sanders has done very well in Denver and Nate Washington done pretty well too.

 

If you think about it he's kind of a FOURTH qb since he wouldn't even be on this roster if not for the fact that Grad got hurt. Although maybe Landry is actually a 4th stringer???