Antonio Brown hauls in his second touchdown vs Redskins (Video)
By Brad Weiss
Antonio Brown is regarded as the best wide receiver in the NFL, and on Monday night, he showed the world exactly why.
The Pittsburgh Steelers took a bit to get going in their season opening game against the Washington Redskins. Playing on the road, the Steelers turned the ball over early, but were able to hold the Redskins to field goals. Once Pittsburgh got their offense going, it started to get ugly.
Their first touchdown came on a beautiful 4th-and-1 deep ball to Antonio Brown, who is arguably the best wide receiver in the game. The touchdown gave the Steelers a 7-6 lead, and swung the momentum completely in their favor. After a touchdown pass bounced off the Redskins in the end-zone and into Eli Rogers hands, the Steelers went into the locker room for the half up 14-3.
The Steelers came out for the second half and continued to pounce on the Redskins, as they added a field goal with three minutes left in the quarter. On their next possession, Ben Roethlisberger hit Brown for his second touchdown of the game, and boy was it a beauty.
On a third down and 3 from the Washington 26, Roethlisberger floated one down the left sideline, right into the hands of Brown. The score gave the Steelers a 24-6 lead.
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For good measure, he was flagged for twerking.
The Steelers are playing without Le’Veon Bell, Martavis Bryant, and Markus Wheaton, although you would never guess they are missing weapons on their offense. Rogers has filled in quite nicely for Wheaton, and Brown is doing what Brown does.
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Pittsburgh is going to be a team to beat in 2016, and as long as they have Big Ben tossing dimes to Antonio Brown, they could make a serious run.