Four weeks and three days ago, Steelers receiver Antonio Brown tried to get past Browns punter Spencer Lanning by putting a foot in the punter’s face. As the Steelers and Browns prepare for the second game of their annual series, Brown doesn’t have much to say about his heat-of-the-moment decision to kick Lanning in the head.
“Well, I was in the act of trying to leap over him and trying to make a play,” Brown told reporters on Wednesday. “That’s what happens when you’re body and your mind is working together as one. I’m just reacting.”
Asked about Lanning’s claim that Brown didn’t talk to him about the incident after the game, Brown said, “That was a couple of games ago. If I get the opportunity this week, I’ll definitely reach out to him.”
So is that an admission Brown wasn’t being accurate when he said he spoke to Lanning?
“I don’t recall,” Brown said. “It was about five weeks ago.”
He acts like it was five years ago. While plenty has happened in the NFL since then, Brown either did or didn’t talk to Lanning after the game. Four weeks ago, Brown said he “definitely” spoke to Lanning. Lanning says Brown didn’t. For Brown to now say he doesn’t remember, that’s likely a roundabout way of admitting it never happened.
