Two weeks ago, after wide receiver Antonio Brown had a well-documented outburst on the field following an incomplete pass thrown his way by third-string quarterback Landry Jones, Brown got a few choice words from one of his teammates.
And it hit home, not because the words were especially harsh, but because of whom they came from – tight end Heath Miller.
“He’s not going to say too many words,” said Brown. “He pulled me to the side, surprisingly, a couple weeks ago in practice. He said, ‘Hey, A.B., I don’t want to hear you complaining about not getting the ball.’
“It was a surprise coming from Heath. Heath’s not a man of a lot of words. He said, ‘You know it will come. Be ready.’
Hearing that from him, I took that seriously.”