Antonio Brown is great at catching passes. His subtweet game
is pretty strong as well.Earlier
today
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Jersey , Brown put up a message on Twitter which wasn¡¯t very hard to
decipher.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500"
data-dnt="true">Do not listen to any NFL player who haven¡¯t got paid yet!
They will do and say anything to make sure they going to get paid even if it¡¯s
compromising integrity or anything ! sad but true¡ª Antonio Brown (@AB84) March
26, 2019</blockquote>While he didn¡¯t mention anybody by name, it¡¯s fairly
obvious (though technically plausibly deniable) that this is in reference to
former Steelers teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster¡®s earlier praise of Steelers
quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.¡°I was so blessed to enter the league and play
with a Hall of Fame QB as a 20-year old,¡± Smith-Schuster wrote. ¡°Ben has taught
me so much, he¡¯s a true Leader and I can¡¯t wait to rock with my guy this
season.¡±Of course, Smith-Schuster is a year away from being able to get his next
contract, and the Steelers are carrying that big dead-money hit ($21 million)
for trading Brown anyway. But it doesn¡¯t hurt to keep everyone happy in
anticipation.You just have to be prepared to be called out for it by former
teammates. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) ¡ª Case Keenum agrees he¡¯s gone from being too
careless with the football to being too cautious.Denver¡¯s quarterback said
Tuesday he concurs with head coach Vance Joseph that he needs to take more
downfield chances if the Broncos (6-7) are to have any chance of reaching the
playoffs.¡°Yeah, I mean we¡¯re at the point of the season where we¡¯ve got to make
plays. We¡¯ve got to score points,¡± Keenum said. ¡°¡ I can¡¯t get caught back there
with the ball in my hands. And I¡¯ve got to give guys chances down the
field.¡±Keenum hasn¡¯t thrown an interception in his last five starts after
throwing 10 in his first eight games in Denver, but his passing numbers are
pedestrian lately. He¡¯s averaged just 178 yards passing in his last three games
and he¡¯s already been sacked a career-high 30 times.So, Keenum said he¡¯ll
balance ball security with the risk-reward of taking his chances down the seams
beginning Saturday night against the Cleveland Browns (5-7-1).¡°In
general
http://www.denverbroncosteamonline.com/dre_mont-jones-jersey ,
that¡¯s a good mindset to have,¡± Keenum said. ¡°And I think ¡ continuing to be
smart with the ball but giving guys chances when we feel like it¡¯s a good
matchup or good, advantageous time to take a shot or take a chance down the
field.¡±Keenum was scolded early on for throwing too many interceptions,
including three against Seattle in the opener. After going all of November and
half of December without getting picked off, he¡¯s now drawing criticism for
being too conservative.It comes with the territory, Keenum said.¡°I mean,
quarterback is a tough position to play, and that¡¯s why I play it. I love the
challenge of it,¡± Keenum said. ¡°I love how much goes into it. And how my entire
life I have absolutely loved having the ball in my hands, making decisions and
really being a big part of why my team wins.¡°And that¡¯s what I want to be. I
want to win. I¡¯m a winner. I¡¯m competitive to a fault and I think that¡¯s what
partly drives me and makes me who I am. So, yeah, I take it on myself that I¡¯ve
got to do better. I¡¯ve got to play better. I¡¯ve got to give my guys chances down
the field and that¡¯s it.¡±Making his task harder is an injury epidemic that has
nearly dismantled Denver¡¯s offense.Keenum is playing behind a line that consists
of converted guard Connor McGovern at center and four
tackles
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Hockenson Jersey , including Billy Turner at left guard and Elijah
Wilkinson at right guard, following season-ending injuries to Matt Paradis,
Ronald Leary and Max Garcia.Tight ends Troy Fumagalli, Jake Butt and Jeff
Heuerman all are on IR and Keenum lost his two favorite receivers, Demaryius
Thomas to a trade and Emmanuel Sanders to a ruptured Achilles.Now, his No. 1
receiver is rookie Courtland Sutton, but he missed Tuesday¡¯s walkthrough
practice with a thigh injury, making fellow rookie DaeSean Hamilton his flanker
du jour.So, even if Keenum heeds his coach¡¯s admonition to start taking more
chances downfield, there¡¯s no guarantee his raw receivers or young tight ends
will make the emphasis a success.¡°I¡¯ve said that early on, that it takes time to
work with guys, but you know this is the
NFL
Justice Hill
Jersey ,¡± Keenum said. ¡°It¡¯s the nature of the business and how it goes
and heck, I¡¯ve had a lot of work with Courtland, with DaeSean and Timmy
(Patrick). Those guys, we¡¯ve been here since the spring and worked during the
summer. So, we put a lot of investment into the bank and we want to keep making
withdrawals.¡±Keenum said the other thing he needs to do is somehow break the
Broncos¡¯ habit of slow starts.They¡¯ve only scored six first-quarter points in
their last five games and have started with a three-and-out four times.¡°We need
to make sure we get things going early, whether it¡¯s with Phillip (Lindsay),
Royce (Freeman), whether it¡¯s throwing the ball down the field,¡± Keenum said. ¡°A
lot of different things. We need to get first downs. We need to score early and
take some pressure off our defense and get other teams out of their game
plans.¡°So, there¡¯s a lot of things that we can fix.¡±ROBOT BARTENDER : The
Broncos have unveiled the ¡°Bud Light Bot ¡± that will be in use Saturday on the
club level at Mile High stadium. Manufactured by Universal Robots and programmed
by MSI TEC, the robot serves beer from a bottoms-up machine that uses a special
cup and magnet to pour the beer.