Antonio Brown is one of the best wide receivers on the planet, yet he finds himself out of a job at the moment. This is due to a cluster of issues, including his inability to get along with others. After burning bridges with the Pittsburgh Steelers, AB took it upon himself to start throwing jabs at his former teammates.
One of those teammates was standout receiver (generally considered to be Brown's replacement) JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Brown took to social media to call out Juju for his crucial fumble that contributed to the Steelers missing playoffs, and then oddly shared screenshots of a time when Juju was in college and reached out to AB for advice and guidance. Not sure what AB was trying to accomplish with that, but JuJu has taken everything in stride and handled the whole situation with the utmost maturity.
More recently, Smith-Schuster was confronted with another outspoken player in Jalen Ramsey. The newest Los Angeles Ram and one of the league's best defensive backs essentially summed up his upcoming matchup with JuJu by saying "he's no Antonio Brown".
Asked after the game if it was extra motivation, Smith-Schuster handled the comments with absolute class.
It takes a special kind of personality to receive what could be perceived as a diss and flip it over into self-improvement. Juju finished with 44 yards on three catches, which isn't spectacular, but the Steelers did come away with the win in what was a fairly sloppy game for both offences.
(H/T Brooke Pryor)
