5 Steelers who went onto win a Super Bowl elsewhere
By Brendan Howe
Antonio Brown
It feels like ages, but it wasn’t all that long ago that Antonio Brown was bringing masses of Steelers fans to their feet.
From the kick return, he carried to the endzone in his first game with Pittsburgh to the 185-yard, two-touchdown performance in the penultimate contest of the 2018 regular season, and all that came between, AB was debatably the best wideout in the entire league.
In all but two years as a Steeler, Brown exceeded 1,100 yards receiving and was named to the Pro Bowl. In 2014, Brown caught 129 footballs, then the second-most in a single season, and was listed as a first-team All-Pro for the first time. The next season, he topped the mark, tallying 136 receptions and 1,834 yards, both of which rank in the top four in a single schedule in NFL history.
Two times did Brown lead the league in receiving yards and, in his last go-round in Pittsburgh, he caught 15 touchdowns, the most that year. All said, Brown earned an All-Pro distinction in four successive campaigns. He paced the Steelers in receptions and receiving yards in five different seasons.
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Following spells in Oakland and New England, Brown sat home for a year. He rejoined forces with Tom Brady in Tampa after serving a suspension and grabbed 45 footballs for 483 yards and 4 touchdowns.
In the closing seconds of the first half of Super Bowl LV, Brown faked out All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu and pulled in a one-yard score from Brady.