I heard a theory the other day that the Antonio Brown mess never would have happened if Dan Rooney still were alive and in charge of the Steelers.
I’m buying it.
Rooney was incredibly respected around the NFL and especially at team headquarters where he had a presence every day and routinely waited his turn in the lunch line with the players. I remember the time he asked Ike Taylor to get the players to stop using the N-word in the locker room and stop playing music with it in the lyrics. Taylor complied immediately. Rooney’s son, Art II, doesn’t command that sort of respect. I’m not sure anyone does.
What I do know is a lot of people – players and fans – are watching to see how Rooney II deals with the Brown fallout. Reports have the two meeting this week, although it won’t come as a surprise if Brown calls it off or fails to show. He has treated Rooney and the organization like trash every step of the way since he skipped out on the team before its last regular-season game against Cincinnati.......
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