JuJu 'concerned' about Brown
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said Thursday that he's worried for former teammate Antonio Brown, who awaits trial for a felony burglary with battery charge.
Smith-Schuster said it's clear Brown has changed since his days in Pittsburgh.
"It's different, for sure," he told Mike Florio on PFT Live. "I'm concerned, like you guys. It's a tough situation for a guy if you take away his job and his passion. Being a guy looking from the outside to the inside, he's definitely a different dude than who he was on the field."
The two receivers have a complicated history. Smith-Schuster's 2018 breakout season coincided with a heightened level of animosity between the franchise and Brown, and his eventual trade to the Oakland Raiders.
Brown criticized his fellow wideout on social media during the offseason, calling him out for a game-losing fumble that stopped the Steelers from making the playoffs.
But he appears to be over the feud with his former teammate.
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The free agent's off-field behavior has become so worrisome that commissioner Roger Goodell talked about it during the state of the league address Wednesday, saying the NFL will do all it can to "get him on the right track."
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