BEREA: Try as he might, Browns defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil can’t seem to escape Antonio Brown, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ top wide receiver.
O’Neil contended with Brown while he coached safeties at Eastern Michigan and Brown was at Mid-American Conference rival Central Michigan.
Brown took a stab at the record books last week, catching 17 passes for 284 yards, both Steelers records, against the Oakland Raiders in a win. Now he gets a shot at the Browns and their battered and beleaguered defensive backfield.
“I think they did a great job scheming stuff up to get him the ball,” O’Neil said Thursday afternoon during his weekly news conference.