With Antonio Brown and the Pittsburgh Steelers having some reported troubles, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle has used it as an opportunity to recruit him to his team. Early in the morning on New Years Day George Kittle sent Brown a tweet saying “Sup”

Brown seemed to have no issue with Kittle trying to court him, giving a starry-eyed emoji as a response.

This all stems from a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Brown decided to sit out practice after a heated dispute with a teammate and him missing Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals had actually nothing to do with a knee injury.

ESPN added onto that report and according to their sources the person Brown got into a fight with was Ben Roethlisberger and he actually threw a football at him. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN Brown got upset Roethlisberger wanted to run a hot read again during practice. Another player was subbed in for Brown so he left practice and talked to Roethlisberger after saying he felt underappreciated in the organization.

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It seems unlikely that the Steelers would trade Brown because if they did that or cut him it would cost them over $21 million in cap space. The Steelers might not have any choice if Brown can't get along with his teammates though and becomes a cancer in the locker room.

If George Kittle was able to somehow get the 49ers to trade for Brown the Steelers and 49ers would face off next season and that could create some fireworks.