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Brown could be a good catch for Steelers
August 13th, 2010
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Quarterback Byron Leftwich may have exchanged his helmet for a baseball cap Saturday night by the time wide receiver Antonio Brown sees his first action with the Steelers.
But the two know each other well, having played pitch-and-catch well before the Steelers acquired both in April.
Leftwich and Brown, coincidentally, worked out at the same gym in Miami last winter. When Leftwich, who was with the Buccaneers at the time, needed someone to throw to Brown was more than willing to oblige him.
After the Steelers took Brown in the sixth round of the NFL draft, Leftwich contacted him almost immediately.
“He called me right after Mike Tomlin and said, ‘Congratulations. All that throwing we did paid off,’ ” Brown recalled.
It certainly hasn’t hurt as Brown and fellow rookie wideout Emmanuel Sanders have impressed during the first two weeks of training camp.
Brown has caught nearly everything thrown his way, and he appears to have the speed and quickness to separate from NFL defensive backs.
Both Tomlin and offensive coordinator Bruce Arians specifically mentioned Brown when queried about which players they are looking forward to seeing in the Steelers' first preseason game.
Unlike his camp roommate, Brown was a late-round draft pick and thus has to do considerably more to play his way onto the Steelers. As much as the 5-10, 186 has looked like a keeper, the four preseason games will be just as telling as what he has done in practice – during the offseason and since the Steelers convened for training camp at St. Vincent College in Latrobe.
Brown, who put up big numbers at Central Michigan before leaving early because he felt he had done all he could in college, is not lacking for confidence.
When asked about the close bond he and Sanders have already forged, he said, “We push each other because we can be the future of the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
August 13th, 2010
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Quarterback Byron Leftwich may have exchanged his helmet for a baseball cap Saturday night by the time wide receiver Antonio Brown sees his first action with the Steelers.
But the two know each other well, having played pitch-and-catch well before the Steelers acquired both in April.
Leftwich and Brown, coincidentally, worked out at the same gym in Miami last winter. When Leftwich, who was with the Buccaneers at the time, needed someone to throw to Brown was more than willing to oblige him.
After the Steelers took Brown in the sixth round of the NFL draft, Leftwich contacted him almost immediately.
“He called me right after Mike Tomlin and said, ‘Congratulations. All that throwing we did paid off,’ ” Brown recalled.
It certainly hasn’t hurt as Brown and fellow rookie wideout Emmanuel Sanders have impressed during the first two weeks of training camp.
Brown has caught nearly everything thrown his way, and he appears to have the speed and quickness to separate from NFL defensive backs.
Both Tomlin and offensive coordinator Bruce Arians specifically mentioned Brown when queried about which players they are looking forward to seeing in the Steelers' first preseason game.
Unlike his camp roommate, Brown was a late-round draft pick and thus has to do considerably more to play his way onto the Steelers. As much as the 5-10, 186 has looked like a keeper, the four preseason games will be just as telling as what he has done in practice – during the offseason and since the Steelers convened for training camp at St. Vincent College in Latrobe.
Brown, who put up big numbers at Central Michigan before leaving early because he felt he had done all he could in college, is not lacking for confidence.
When asked about the close bond he and Sanders have already forged, he said, “We push each other because we can be the future of the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
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