It didn’t take long for Antonio Brown and Brandon Boykin to lock horns. Two plays, actually.
“I was guarding him and he was supposed to get the screen so I got my chance to hit him,” said Boykin. “Every play I wanted to hit him but it didn’t happen that way, so it’s all good.”
It didn’t take long for Antonio Brown‘s curious insult to make its way to Brandon Boykin.
“My phone was just blowing up after meetings,” said Boykin. “No matter what happens with social media now, you’ll find out anything. Actually my brother talked to me earlier, and he was more fired up about it than I was. He was like, ‘Man I want you to go out there and …’ I’m like, brother, just chill, it’s all good. Sunday we’ll see.”
The Steelers wide receiver fired a shot at Boykin, saying that that he expects the Steelers to pick on him Sunday and calling the rookie corner, ‘The candy bar.”
“I didn’t even get it. I was confused,” said Boykin. ”It’s good. It’s doing nothing but giving me a little bit more attention. I have to go out and do what I do, and if I do it right, he’s actually helped me in a sense. So tell him I appreciate it.”
Well, the Steelers are talking a little trash.
Receiver Antonio Brown is apparently not all that impressed with rookie corner Brandon Boykin, and expects Pittsburgh to pick on him.
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