The Pittsburgh Steelers are giving in to the trade demand of wide receiver Antonio Brown and are now trying to minimize the damage he could cause them on an opposing team.
Brown may have been the one to initiate the divorce by requesting a trade and publicly bidding farewell to Steelers Nation, but the Steelers hold the final say as the 30-year-old receiver is still under team control through 2021.
ESPN.com's Jeremy Fowler reported on Friday the Steelers' initial parameters for dealing Brown:
"The team would prefer to send Brown to an NFC team for competitive reasons, a source told ESPN.