Almost new year, same old beef.
On Monday, Antonio Brown took a swipe at one of his favorite Twitter targets, former Steelers teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster, appearing to shade the 23-year-old receiver’s stats this season.
“Boo Boo Shoester was ready under 500 U Bum learn some Respect,” Brown tweeted.
Smith-Schuster finished the season with 42 receptions for 552 yards and three touchdowns. The Steelers were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 17, finishing the year at 8-8 in a season played mostly without Ben Roethlisberger.
Brown, whose NFL future is very much up in the air amid the NFL’s investigation into sexual assault allegations against the seven-time Pro Bowler, first ignited a feud with Smith-Schuster back in April, calling out the third-year wideout’s fumble from the previous season.
“Emotion: boy fumbled the whole post season in the biggest game of year ! Everyone went blind to busy making guys famous not enough reality these days !” Brown wrote at the time.
Smith-Schuster later replied, “All I ever did was show that man love and respect from the moment I got to the league. I was genuinely happy for him too when he got traded to Oakland w/ a big contract, and now he takes shots at me on social media?
“Crazy how big that ego got to be to take shots at people who show you love! Smh.”
Brown was traded to the Raiders earlier this year before Oakland severed ties with the controversial receiver in September. He quickly landed in New England, only to be released after one game as the accusations against him mounted.
