Steelers' Antonio Brown took a day off after his sideline explosion

Brown was not in the locker room or part of the walkthrough Monday, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette first reported Brown didn't show up at all.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are winless after two games in the 2018 regular season, having tied to the Cleveland Browns in Week 1 before failing to complete a comeback effort against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Speaking Tuesday, Tomlin said the starwideout has not asked for a trade, despite missing Monday's meetings, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.

If that wasn't bad enough, star wide receiver Antonio Brown was viewed on the sidelines blowing up at the offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner and it sure looked like he told him, "If you don't want me, send me somewhere else".

When asked about Brown's tweet, the head coach declined to discuss his player's use of social media.

"We will talk about it and other things", Tomlin said. Third, anything you see between AB and the coaches, AB has an incredible drive to win.

Bouchette and Dulac note that it's unknown if Brown's absence was excused by Mike Tomlin, and if it was, then this might be a whole to-do about nothing. He just wants to win. And that's what his entire focus is on.

Well, Brown's agent Drew Rosenhaus came out today and did the best job he could to clear things up. This is a non-story that has been blown out of proportion. "I'm not going to get into the details of why he wasn't here, and whether he was excused, and all of those things". And at least for Monday, the Steelers were down to one of their "Three B's". Star running back Le'Veon Bell remains a holdout, looking for a long-term deal, and his continued absence has led to many of his offensive linemen to publicly criticize him. Seriously", Tomlin said. "We gave up a few big plays, we're playing a team that's big-play capable.

Brown and Roethlisberger have connected for an NFL-record five consecutive 100-catch seasons together, and Brown now leads the National Football League with 33 targets, resulting in 18 catches for 160 yards and one touchdown.