PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan)- In a series of tweets overnight Wednesday, former Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall said that he "seriously feels" for Antonio Brown. All tweets are in chronological order.
I know he seems outta pocket right now, but I seriously feel for @AB84.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall)
April 11, 2019 As a black athlete in this country, you can literally lay your body out and give your entire being for a higher cause, the greater good of a TEAM.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall)
April 11, 2019 And when you face the firing-squad, for something not entirely your own doing, depending on your position and skin-tone, the “team” may very-well leave your ass out to dry.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall)
April 11, 2019 Mendenhall openly wondered why Brown, a fierce competitor, missed the Week 17 game against the Bengals this past season.
Think about what it would take to render @AB84, the GREATEST COMPETITOR of our generation, incapable of showing up to play in his last game.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall)
April 11, 2019 To boil that down to @AB84 being a “diva” “selfish” “quitter” couldn’t possibly explain the MAN who for nearly a decade provided professional excellence to the city of Pittsburgh.
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall)
April 11, 2019 By no stretch am I saying @AB84’s been without guilt this off-season. I just hope to see more compassion and examination, for a guy who gave everything he had until he couldn’t bring himself to do it, for even one more game...
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall)
April 11, 2019 Mendenhall then responded to a tweet asking what would make a player quit on his team by claiming that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is racist.
Alright, I’ll end the mystery... B’s racist and @AB84’s black. He had to catch balls from a racist quarterback. Every honest player knows it, it’s not a big deal. He was just supposed to take his lickings and move on, like a slave for real. https://t.co/ubI39UDauY
— Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall)
April 11, 2019 Mendenhall spent five seasons in Pittsburgh from 2008-12, all of them with Roethlisberger. Three of those seasons (2010-12) Antonio Brown was also on the roster.
