A smile came over Mike Pettine’s face when he was asked how a wide receiver such as Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown can put up such monster numbers against an NFL defense.
Even as he joked, there was nothing but respect for the top playmaker in the Steelers passing game who is coming off the best game of his six-year career.
“Hopefully he's a little worn out, a little dehydrated from last week,” Pettine said at his Wednesday press conference. “He's a special player.”
As Brown showed last week against the Raiders, it mattered little who threw him the ball, and the Browns aren’t banking on any sort of drop off Sunday at Heinz Field if Pro Bowl quarterback Ben Roethlisberger can’t play.