Ben Roethlisberger Says Antonio Brown Isn’t Speaking to Anyone On The Team Currently

Things in Pittsburgh were already bad on the field as the team went into Week 17 needing to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals and pray for the Cleveland Browns to beat the Baltimore Ravens. Only one of those things happened and the team found themselves on the outside looking in for the postseason.

Less than 24 hours later, a scathing report stated star WR Antonio Brown did not miss the game because of an injury, but rather because he blew his top at several teammates and missed practices and still expected to play on Sunday.

While addressing the media on Tuesday, Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger says he considers Brown to be a very close friend on the team.

Ben says he's blessed to play with AB and considers him a really close friend on the team. #Steelers

— Steelers Depot 7⃣ (@Steelersdepot) January 1, 2019

Unfortunately, Brown isn’t feeling so friendly because Roethlisberger stated the all-pro wide receiver is not responding to phone calls or text messages from anybody on the squad.

Ben Roethlisberger tells the Fan that AB is still one of his closest friends, but he, nor others on the team, have heard from him as they have reached out to him via calls and texts. Ben said the incident Wednesday was overblown

— Jeff Hathhorn (@jhathhorn) January 1, 2019