Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown apologized Wednesday for a threatening tweet he directed toward Jesse Washington of ESPN's The Undefeated.
After Washington published a story about Brown's social media usage Friday, Brown tweeted, "@jessewashington wait to I see you bro we gone see what your jaw like." Brown deleted the tweet, but Washington retweeted and screen captured it.
According to Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Brown released the following statement through the Steelers on Wednesday:
"I made a mistake in judgment with my tweet last week, and I apologize for that.