Wallace108
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 | | Subject: Receivers productive, but turnovers limiting impact Sat Dec 22, 2012 1:01 am | |
| By Ray Fittipaldo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In his first NFL game, the first time he touched the ball, Antonio Brown returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown at Tennessee. For the longest time, it seemed Brown could do no wrong.
Other big plays followed the kick return in his rookie year in 2010. Brown caught a 58-yard pass that set up the winning touchdown in an AFC divisional-round playoff victory against the Baltimore Ravens. In the AFC championship game, Brown caught the first-down pass from Ben Roethlisberger that clinched victory against the New York Jets.
Brown followed up his highly productive rookie season by earning team MVP honors last season. He compiled 1,108 receiving yards and went to the Pro Bowl for his work on special teams as a kick-returner.
The Steelers rewarded him with a six-year, $42.5 million dollar contract during training camp.
But, in his first season as a full-time starter, Brown's expected breakout year has been spoiled by a few untimely errors and an ankle injury.
He has fumbled twice in crucial situations that allowed opponents to come from behind to beat the Steelers. In the third game of the season at Oakland, he fumbled in the fourth quarter with the Steelers leading by three. The Raiders marched down the field for the tying field goal with 6:30 left, then kicked the winning field goal on the final play of regulation.
Last week in Dallas, Brown fumbled after a long punt return with the Steelers up by a touchdown. The Cowboys scored the tying touchdown with 6:55 remaining in regulation and won in overtime.
In between, Brown missed three games with a sprained ankle.
"You have to rise up," Brown said. "It's definitely time to rise up. I'm not looking backward on those moments. I just know I have to better, and this week presents another opportunity."
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/steelers-wide-receivers-have-been-productive-but-turnovers-are-limiting-their-impact-667390/#ixzz2Fl370oxQ
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| | Subject: Re: Receivers productive, but turnovers limiting impact Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:27 pm | |
| Yes it's time to rise up, but talk is cheap - actions speak loudly. _________________  60 MIN 53 MEN 1 NATION STEELERS NATION  I am the MAN that created the MYTH that started the LEGEND
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Wallace108
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| | Subject: Re: Receivers productive, but turnovers limiting impact Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:33 pm | |
| - stlrtruck wrote:
- Yes it's time to rise up, but talk is cheap - actions speak loudly.
Yep. Time for talk is over. It's time to produce. We know how good they can be. Now it's time for them to prove it. _________________ If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Receivers productive, but turnovers limiting impact Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:00 pm | |
| This is our playoffs. They start tomorrow.
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