Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown does not exactly have much love for the Pittsburgh Steelers organization anymore after a tumultuous 2018 campaign led to Brown asking for a trade, a request the Steelers ultimately granted.
You would then think that his family members wouldn't want anything to do with Pittsburgh, but don't tell that to University of Oklahoma wide out Marquise Brown, who is Antonio's cousin.
Marquise, who is one of the top receiving prospects in this year's NFL Draft class, says he would not mind playing for the Steelers at all:
“I love Pittsburgh,” Brown said on the Move the Sticks Podcast. “They have a Hall-of-Fame QB. I would love to play there.”
Ouch. The Ben Roethlisberger praise in particular must have really stung Antonio, because Antonio's beef with Roethlisberger was one of the primary reasons that he no longer wanted to play for Pittsburgh.
But hey; Marquise is his own man, and what is he supposed to do? Tell an NFL team not to draft him? That would be silly.
Brown is coming off of a fantastic junior campaign at Oklahoma in which he hauled in 75 receptions for 1,318 yards and 10 touchdowns.
He actually began his collegiate career at the College of the Canyons back in 2016, and after one season there, he received multiple Division I scholarship offers, eventually choosing to commit to the Sooners.
During his first year at Oklahoma in 2017, Brown caught 57 passes for 1,095 yards and seven scores.
With Brown's cousin no longer in Pittsburgh, the Steelers could sure use another wide out to put alongside of JuJu Smith-Schuster. Maybe Marquise will be that guy.
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