Big Ben reportedly pushing for Steelers to trade Antonio Brown?

We heard yesterday that an Antonio Brown trade was “close” and that three teams were “still alive”, but more than 24 hours later we still don’t have a deal. While we await an end to the saga, it’s worth examining why the Steelers are so willing to meet Brown’s demands and trade him, writes Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com. Florio questions why the Steelers are seemingly “letting Brown dictate the terms of his employment,” and came up with a hypothesis based on the wide receiver's relationship with Ben Roethlisberger. Brown has publicly gone after Roethlisberger in recent weeks, which could’ve solidified the Steelers’ resolve to ship him out. Florio theorizes that the feud between Brown and Roethlisberger isn’t just one-sided, and that Roethlisberger may be pushing for Brown to be gone behind the scenes. Florio thinks Roethlisberger may have given Pittsburgh’s management an ultimatum, and that could be why the Steelers haven’t tried to reconcile with Brown at all. It makes some sense, and if nothing else it

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